Everything you think you know about Prince’s love for breakfast foods pales in comparison to the incredible truth — the man was obsessed. Thanks to Dave Chappelle we’re already aware he enjoyed serving his basketball victories with a side of pancakes, but did you know that he also hosted elaborate breakfast parties in the dead of night? Please allow his former butler to explain: A man who claims to have served Prince at the Rio All-Suite and Casino in Las Vegas from November 2006 to April 2007, during Prince’s residency at Club 3121, hosted a Reddit IamA Thursday night spilling all his tea. Most of his stories involve waiting on coked-up rich people (also Prince loved pizza, Pinot grigio, dressing well, and tall women, duh), but then there’s this gem:
I have a lot of great memories but the one that made me laugh was there was one night where I got a call at about 3 am in the morning and he wanted breakfast for 14 people. I was the only butler on duty during that graveyard shift. He asked for 14 omelets and 14 orders of pancakes. I called everyone in the casino and had all the cooks running to make this order while I made the table. I had to serve the whole breakfast at now 4am in the morning by myself. I came up with the two carts full of food trying to plate it as fast as I can when Prince stood up from his chair and walked over to my cart. He grabbed a plate of pancakes and started helping me serve. I couldn’t help but to laugh from the Charlie Murphy story on the Dave Chappelle show. This was my favorite moment … ever.
Sadly, he says Prince didn’t offer them grapes, too, but he does add this fabulous detail: “Chaka Khan was there and she wanted avocado with her omelet … I had to run my ass off down to the kitchen and slice one up.â€
And of course, our chatty butler (who no longer works at the Rio, so it’s fine) has a couple shady Prince anecdotes to dig up:
I remember after he won his Golden Globe for Happy Feet [the award] was in his room but in an odd place. I was in the room with my manager and I looked at it and said wow, I am actually looking at a Golden Globe, my manager laughed and asked me if I could guess why it was in an odd place on an oak table in the room. I didn’t know so he lifted it up and there was a burn mark from a candle which Prince caused one night. He was using the Golden Globe to cover up room damage, which is hilarious … He also broke a wine glass one night and kicked it under a rug in the living room. Housekeeping noticed when they heard the crunching sound the next morning.â€
Ah, Prince, a nightmare hotel guest just like the rest of us.