Celebrities Accused of Being Rude to Restaurant Servers Staff
With everything on the internet, you have to take things with a grain of salt, especially when it comes to encounters with celebrities. Listen, we’re not excusing consistently bad behavior, but it is important to note that celebrities are humans, and humans have bad days. Sometimes, you might say something a bit rude and instantly regret it, and we’re sure celebrities probably feel that same thing, too. However, we’re taking a deep dive into the first-hand accounts of people who not only met certain celebrities but served them in a restaurant. So not only could this be a glimpse into who the celebrity is behind closed doors, but how they treat service industry workers.
Truly, every service industry worker deserves a big hug and nothing but the most polite of service. They’re doing the best they can, and while many people and celebrities understand that, there are reportedly quite a few bad apples.
From stiffing people on the tip to just rude behavior that inconveniences people, these celebrities have been called out on TikTok, Buzzfeed, and more for their problematic behavior towards service industry workers.
Below, check out which celebrities were called out for their allegedly rude behavior by restaurant staff.
A version of this article was originally published on Dec 2023.
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Odell Beckham Jr
On Love Island USA, contestant JaNa Craig claimed that Odell Beckham Jr is “not a good tipper.” She added, shading him by revealing, “He comes to my club. I’ve met him,” per OK.
Now, tipping is a controversial topic, and while some may not see it as rude, Craig’s reaction shows the experiences definitely left a bad impression, ,so we’re counting it.
Meghan Markle
Ma?tre d’ at NYC’s Le Coucou Michael Cecchi-Azzolina wrote in his book Your Table is Ready: Tales of a New York City Ma?tre D’ that Meghan Markle wasn’t exactly a nice guest, or rather her assistant wasn’t.
Apparently while Meghan stayed silent and “aloof,” she allegedly made her assistant fight her battles for her. The assistant threw a fit over Meghan not getting a private table, saying, “Are you aware [she] is dating Prince Harry and about to be a duchess?”
Anna Wintour
Ma?tre d’ at NYC’s Le Coucou Michael Cecchi-Azzolina also wrote in his book Your Table is Ready: Tales of a New York City Ma?tre D‘ that Anna Wintour was quite bossy and rude to waitstaff. The ”absolutely horrid” celebrity would allegedly “march in with no reservation and demand a table, [and order] a very rare steak. God forbid it was the least bit overcooked. She’d look at the server as though he’d just served her rat.”
Zachary Quinto
Zachary Quinto recently made news for his allegedly concerning behavior at a Mediterranean restaurant in Toronto called Manita. He was accused of being belligerent to the staff, yelling so much that it brought the host to tears and freaking out other customers.
The restaurant shared what happened to their Instagram story via Page Six.
“Zachary Quinto – an amazing Spock, but a terrible customer,” it read. “Yelled at staff like an entitled child after he didn’t reply to two texts to inform him his table was ready and refused to believe the empty tables in the dining room weren’t available for him despite being politely informed they were spoken for.”
They added, “Made our host cry and the rest of our brunch diners uncomfortable. Mr. Quinto, take your bad vibes somewhere else, we have many lovely celebrities join us at Manita, but you are NOT one of them.”
Brittany Mahomes
TikToker Jessica O’Connor alleged that Brittany Mahomes was “unpleasant” and didn’t tip any of the servers. O’Connor worked as a “server, barista, bartender” when Mahomes came into the hotel she was working at with her posse, sans Patrick Mahomes.
“My first interaction with her, she ran up over a $100 tab. She was with her whole posse — Patrick was not there — but I believe their tab was well over $100, maybe $130,” she recalled. “$0 tip.”
She said she let it slide at first because she thought maybe she did something wrong to garner no tip, so she accepted it. “But they were there for almost a week I think. And did not tip a single one of our staff. Not only did she not tip, she was just genuinely unpleasant,” she added, with many others telling their unpleasant stories as well.
Leslie Mann & Judd Apatow
Despite some saying Leslie Mann and Judd Apatow were wonderful to serve, a TikTok user by the name of @theanniebond discussed how they weren’t great to serve when she worked in Los Angeles. She said, “I wanted to like them so much but they were so rude! And maybe just having a bad day?” and she gave them a “1/10.”
Kylie Jenner
In the viral video from @juliacarolann, she rated Kylie Jenner a 2/10 for Kylie Jenner for allegedly tipping just $20 on a $500 order.
Jennifer Lopez
Remember when a server called out Jennifer Lopez for taking out of people’s tips if she thought Ben Affleck tipped “too much?” Because we still remember that, and so does YourTango.
Joel McHale
Community alum Joel McHale was roasted online after @gaptoothedgaymer shared their experience, saying, “If you think this guy looks like an a******, it’s because he is. He was rude to me when I asked him if he still wanted to eat his artichoke”
Hailey Bieber
In the viral video from @juliacarolann, she called out Hailey Bieber for her rude behavior, saying, “This is gonna be controversial. I’ve met her a handful of times and she was not nice. I really want to like her but I give her, like, a 3.5 out of 10. Sorry.”
Bieber actually responded to the video, saying, “Just came across this video, and wanted to say so sorry if I’ve ever given you bad vibes or a bad attitude. That’s not ever my intention! Hate hearing that was your experience with me but glad you called me out so I can do better!! hopefully we meet again so I can apologize in person.”
Kendall Jenner
Julia Carolan claimed that Kendall Jenner ‘used to come in all the time but was pretty cold toward staff. She also usually has someone speak for her and doesn’t speak directly to staff,” and was then rated a 4/10.
Laura Dern
In a post by Buzzfeed where they let servers discuss their terrible experiences with stars, one revealed they had a bad time serving Laura Dern. “Laura Dern was kinda entitled and not a great tipper. She left a $9 tip on a $371 meal, so it actually cost several dollars to wait on her.”
Rachael Ray
In the same Buzzfeed piece, one server called out Rachael Ray, saying, “I got stiffed by Rachael Ray. She was just the worst.”
Jason Priestley
So take this one with a grain of salt, but in the same Buzzfeed piece: Jason Priestley was called out. “The worst celebrity I waited on was one of the old 90210 guys (Jason Priestley, I think) whose group left $20 on a $600 bill,” they said.
Katherine Waterston
Another celeb called out was Katherine Waterston. @theanniebond revealed that she was not a joy to have at the restaurant. “From Fantastic Beasts and How to Brine Them we have Katherine Waterston, who is not very nice! She just seemed to not want me to exist that day. I’m not sure what happened to her before she came in but it was very uncomfortable. 1/10.”
Darren Criss
Annie Bond also called out Darren Criss’s behavior, per DailyMail, saying, “Darren Criss is the guy who comes to the restaurant who doesn’t understand that there is one server per table,’ she said. ‘He’s the guy who flags down everybody he sees, even though he just asked somebody for the thing that he needs.”
She added, “He wasn’t my table, I was working in a similar section, so I got flagged down a lot by this guy, and I don’t like those kinds of people.” She then rated him a 3/10.
James Cordon
In case you need a reminder, James Corden was dubbed the “most abusive customer” ever by the owner of NYC restaurant Balthazar, Keith McNally. Per People, she said: “James Corden is a Hugely gifted comedian, but a tiny Cretin of a man. And the most abusive customer to my Balthazar servers since the restaurant opened 25 years ago. I don’t often 86 a customer, to today I 86’d Corden. It did not make me laugh.”
