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7 celebrities who leave generous tips: from former president Barack Obama and Amy Schumer, to Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp and football legend David Beckham

STORYLynn Farah
Red-hot tippers Chrissy Teigen (left), Amy Schumer and David Beckham. Photos: @chrissyteigen/Instagram, Reuters, AP
Red-hot tippers Chrissy Teigen (left), Amy Schumer and David Beckham. Photos: @chrissyteigen/Instagram, Reuters, AP
Fame and celebrity

Who carries US$100 notes around, and who adds an extra zero to the bill as a tip? These 7 internationally known faces are always sure to splash some additional cash when they go out

Certain stars may have a bad rap for their treatment of service staff, but others are known for their generosity.

These celebrities have healthy bank balances now, but they also know what it’s like to be on the other side of wealth. That’s why they make sure to tip waiters and valets for good service. Here are seven names that consistently appear in lists of the famous who always leave good tips.

Amy Schumer

Amy Schumer out with fellow comic Keith Robinson in 2023. Photo: @amyschumer/Instagram
Amy Schumer out with fellow comic Keith Robinson in 2023. Photo: @amyschumer/Instagram
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In 2016, Schumer earned the respect of wait staff after she left a US$1,000 tip on a US$77 bill. Per Vanity Fair, she was watching Hamilton in New York and tipped the bartenders generously. Madeleine DeJohn, a bartender working on the night, told the New York Daily News that she and her colleagues split the hefty tip. “It was just something so generous and so kind that you don’t see every day,” she told the publication.

Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Fallon is a reported high tipper. Photo: @jimmyfallon/Instagram
Jimmy Fallon is a reported high tipper. Photo: @jimmyfallon/Instagram

The host of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon left a heavy tip at popular New York Japanese eatery Kissaki in 2021. According to Page Six, the television host and comedian was with his wife, Nancy Juvonen, when he left US$400 for their waiter. Per the publication, the star also happily posed for fans taking pictures through a window.

Chrissy Teigen

Model Chrissy Teigen strikes a pose. Photo: @chrissyteigen/Instagram
Model Chrissy Teigen strikes a pose. Photo: @chrissyteigen/Instagram
The ex-model, now cooking queen, made headlines in 2017 after a waitress at Centerville Outback Steakhouse in Ohio told of how Teigen showed her generosity with a handsome tip. Per the Associated Press, Mikayla Scott said Teigen had been dining with her daughter and a few friends. At the end of the meal, Teigen left her a US$1,000 tip.

Gabrielle Union