Post Malone has given a single mother and bartender a generous Christmas present in the form of a US$20,000 tip, it has been revealed.
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Bartender Renee Brown, a single mother who has been working two jobs to provide for her young daughter, took to Instagram to share Malone’s good deed. She wrote: “Going into work Christmas Eve I was so sad I had to leave baby girl to go to work. Oblivious that god would send me a Christmas miracle. This is hands down the most humble personable celebrity I’ve had the pleasure of meeting. He changed my life on Christmas fucking Eve and I will forever be grateful.”
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Speaking in an interview to Music Mayhem, Brown shared the Post Malone, Shaboozey and a few members of their posse had visited The Railyard, a small dive bar in Houston on Christmas Eve, a day before their appearance during Beyoncé’s NFL Christmas-Day Halftime Show.
Renee said that she was told by a colleague that Post Malone had arrived at the bar, but thought it was a joke until she saw him in the flesh about a half hour later. “I told all my regulars not to be weird and bug him as it’s a neighbourhood dive bar, and I’m sure he picked a place like that to feel a sense of normalcy,” she said.
Though their bill had already been taken care of, Post Malone had requested that Renee charge him for something, so he was able to leave a tip for her service. She explained: “So he asked me to ring him up for a penny or anything, so I did. I continued my close and collected all my checks and started to enter my tips. Then I got to his. It was a tip for 20,000 dollars.”
“I immediately broke down crying. It was a very emotional night already being away from home, being swamped behind the bar, trying to process that they were even there and then the tip on top. I finally got a chance to stop cleaning and talk to him some more and thank him. I know I was crying and thanking him, but he has no ideas exactly how much this meant to me.”
In April, Post Malone will headline both weekends of Coachella alongside Lady Gaga and Green Day. Following the Coachella stint, Posty is due to kick off a North American stadium tour between late April and early July.
For the stadium dates, he will be joined by guests Jelly Roll and singer-songwriter Sierra Ferrell. Tickets for Post Malone’s stadium tour are on sale now, you can get yours here.
Post Malone’s latest album ‘F-1 Trillion’ arrived in August, and it follows on from his fifth studio album ‘Austin‘, which was released in 2023. ‘F-1 Trillion’ saw collaborations with the likes of Dolly Parton, Tim McGraw, and Luke Combs.
This past summer the musician revealed his baby daughter saved his life after he was “on a rough path”. He appeared on CBS Sunday Morning, and was asked about a ‘Yours’, a track from ‘F-1 Trillion‘ that sees him imagine his daughter’s wedding day.
He said he had “written a whole lot of songs” about his only child. “It changes your life in the best way ever,” he shared. “I’ll never forget her. If you’ve heard her cry, you’ll never forget her, either.”
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