From the outside, their cheap life seems like the height of luxury, but even some of the wealthiest and most celebrities around have been known to penny-pinch. Whether it’s stingy habits like stiffing restaurant servers or frugal gestures like opting for brown-bag lunches, here are 20 surprisingly cheap celebrities.
Michael Jordan
Charles Barkley once said of his former friend and teammate, “Michael is as cheap as they come, trust me.” He said Jordan is a notoriously bad tipper, and instead of giving homeless people money, he will comment that they should get a job at a fast-food restaurant. Vegas businessman Rich Strafella also told a story about Jordan’s inability to tip appropriately, noting that at a particularly star-studded poker game, he saw the basketball great give a waitress a US$5 chip, then saw hockey legend Wayne Gretzky replace it with a US$100 chip and say, “That’s how we tip in Las Vegas, Michael.”