Jeremy Piven Is Cheap

 

Jeremy Piven has reportedly been banned from Nobu restaurants after paying a waiter’s tip with a DVD. The star was dining at celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s restaurant in Aspen, Colorado during the recent Comedy Arts Festival.

When the bill came, Piven paid up and left the waiter a copy of his Entourage DVD as a tip. The outraged server threw the DVD at the celebrity diner.

A fellow diner tells the New York Daily News, “He (Piven) came in with a large group of 12 or more without reservations and asked for a table. It was a very busy night, but a table, although cramped, was provided. On his way out, he made a nasty comment to the manager: ‘Thanks for nothing.’”

The actor was later advised to steer clear of all Nobu restaurants. But Piven is playing down the incident in Aspen: “I’m such a fan of Nobu and all of his restaurants. I had a great dinner at the Nobu in Aspen. As always, the meal was excellent and the service was great.”

Being an occasional waitress, I would be pissed if I had to wait on a large group like that while being busy and only getting a freakin DVD as a tip.  Did he even sign the damn thing?  The waiter was probably seeing green thinking its a famous guy, we fit them in, it’s a large group, etc.  I’m sure the bill had to have been fairly large and all he got was a DVD.  I feel that waiters pain.  Not cool.

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