MrBeast explains why he didn't tip at a restaurant: his friend paid the bill, so he never got a receipt. Media outlets ran the story without that detail. He now makes sure to get a receipt before leaving any restaurant.
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There's no one teaching you these kinds of things that happen when you're famous. And so, like, you just kind of, like, have to learn it all. Like, someone else will pay for my bill at a restaurant, so I won't get, like, a receipt or anything. One of the first time someone paid for my meal, didn't get a receipt, I'm like, so I'm good to go. And then wait, it's like, yeah. And then you see it on, like, the front page right at the no Mr. Beast in a tip. So. And obviously, they conveniently leave out that someone else paid the bill. And it's like, oh, one of the largest philanthropists in the world can't afford to tip. And I'm like, I mean, I didn't get a bill. I don't carry cash on me. Like, how do you want me to tip? You want me to just wave my hand and spawn some money? And so now if, like, someone's, like, pays for my meal, I'll just. I just won't leave. I'll just be like, I'm not leaving until you give me a receipt so I can leave a tip. I just literally don't care.