Taylor Swift’s huge restaurant tip seemingly leaked on Wednesday during her visit to a Sydney restaurant, but it was later revealed that all was not as it seemed.
The global megastar, 34, made a surprisingly low-key visit to Pellegrino 2000 in Surry Hills with Sabrina Carpenter on Tuesday during her Australian Eras tour.
Her visit stunned locals and fans rushed to the eatery to catch a glimpse of the Cruel Summer hitmaker as Swiftie mania continues to sweep the country.
Peter Deppeler, known as ‘Intern Pete’ on The Kyle and Jackie O Show, claimed to have prior knowledge of Taylor’s visit after going to the location.
Reports quickly circulated that Taylor had left a huge $300 tip on a $620 bill after Pete claimed he had a copy of the pop star’s meal ticket, showing a slip of paper live on Sunrise.
However, during the KIIS breakfast, Pete admitted it was all a joke and that he never had a copy of the order, with host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson revealing it was actually a Kmart receipt.
Taylor Swift’s huge restaurant tip seemingly leaked on Wednesday during her visit to Sydney, but it was later revealed that all was not as it seemed
After getting her hands on the piece of paper, Jackie told listeners, “In front of the Kmart receipt is an actual piece of paper on which he wrote down the lies he was going to say.”
He was also called out by Kylie Sandilands for speculating that Taylor had enjoyed a Pad Thai, despite it being an Italian restaurant.
Pete’s Sunrise interview descended further into chaos when Kyle broke the show’s expensive microphone by throwing water on Pete.
The microphone stopped working after Kyle walked by and threw a bucket of water at him while pretending to give inside information about what Taylor had eaten.
Peter Deppeler, known as ‘Intern Pete’ on The Kyle and Jackie O Show, claimed to have the receipt for Taylor’s meal showing she left a $300 tip, but later revealed it was all a joke
‘What happened? What happened to your microphone?’ asked confused host Natalie Barr.
“It sounds like you’re underwater right now… aren’t you allowed to talk about this?” Matt Shirvington wondered, before saying they hadn’t found out what was ‘actually’ on the receipt.
A producer from Sunrise then called the radio show and Kyle explained that he decided to throw water at Pete during the live segment.
“That microphone was worth $10,000, so it’s worth paying that bill,” the producer said.
“We’ll discuss that,” Kyle replied.
Kyle later joked that Pete “deserved” to be taken off television for his prank with the bucket of water.
Speaking of the meal on Sunrise, Kyle Sandilands also broke the show’s expensive microphone by throwing water on Pete while discussing the ‘receipt’.
Taylor literally stopped traffic on Tuesday as she headed out to dinner in Sydney at Pellegrino 2000 for her surprisingly low-key outing.
She is currently enjoying four days of rest and relaxation in the Harbor City after her Eras Tour took Melbourne by storm and sold out three days at the famous MCG.
The megastar flew to Sydney on Monday afternoon and is staying at Crown’s presidential villa in Barangaroo ahead of her three shows at Accor Stadium this weekend.
On Tuesday morning, her private jet took to the skies on a flight bound for Honolulu, amid reports it was headed there to pick up her NFL star Travis Kelce.
On Tuesday morning, Taylor’s private jet took to the skies on a flight bound for Honolulu, amid reports it was heading there to pick up her NFL star Travis Kelce (pictured)
Travis dropped a huge hint that he might be heading Down Under on this week’s episode of his New Heights podcast, claiming he’d be “venturing to an island soon” with the best of them being “south” of the US would find.
He added that next week’s podcast will be a pre-recorded guest episode that doesn’t feature him, leading fans to believe he would join his girlfriend in Sydney – and perhaps travel with her to Singapore for her shows in the first week of March.
There are also rumors that Taylor and Travis will enjoy a romantic break together in Queensland during their time Down Under.
Taylor will perform four shows in Sydney from Friday February 23 to Monday February 26.