The 2020 Tip Challenge has gone viral after several celebrities have left $2,020 in tips. The latest star to participate in the challenge is Tom Selleck, who tipped his food server $2,000, plus $20.
Selleck’s $204.68 tab was just a fraction of the tip he left for his server at Elio, an Italian restaurant on the Upper East Side of New York City.
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The former New Kid on the Block included a photo of Selleck’s receipt, showing the note he wrote to the server:
“I am honoring my friend Donnie Wahlberg’s tip challenge with my sincere hope for a better 2020.”
In his tweet, Wahlberg also clarified that he didn’t start the challenge but is “proud to be part of it.”
“To those who gave even the smallest extra amount this year—THANK YOU,” he wrote.
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“We’ve done three dinner scenes since he did it,” Wahlberg said. “He never [even] told me.”
“I’m a fairly private person,” Selleck said in an interview with People. “I’ve always treasured the balance between work and time with my family. It’s always about them.”
He added that his relationships and ranch keep him “sane,” and that when he isn’t busy in New York City filming “Blue Bloods,” he’s relaxing at home with his wife, Jillie, on their ranch in Ventura, California.