--- title: Britney Spears Forgets to Pay Her Cheesecake Factory Bill description: The pop superstar and company skipped out on paying for her dinner at the Thousand Oaks Cheesecake Factory on Sunday night. canonical: https://time.com/3005455/britney-spears-cheesecake-factory/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-18T16:28:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:13:44.653Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Did Britney Spears Not Pay Her Cheesecake Factory Bill? og:description: The pop superstar and company skipped out on paying for her dinner at the Thousand Oaks Cheesecake Factory on Sunday night. og:url: https://time.com/3005455/britney-spears-cheesecake-factory/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte24fafe6fc68e7d4/69869c51169ab0f38e27a656/britney-spears-cheesecake-factory.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Britney Spears attends the 22nd Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation's Oscar Viewing Party on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, Calif. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Did Britney Spears Not Pay Her Cheesecake Factory Bill? twitter:description: The pop superstar and company skipped out on paying for her dinner at the Thousand Oaks Cheesecake Factory on Sunday night. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte24fafe6fc68e7d4/69869c51169ab0f38e27a656/britney-spears-cheesecake-factory.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Britney Spears Skips Out On Her Cheesecake Factory Bill by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jul 18, 2014 4:28 PM CUT  Britney Spears attends the 22nd Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation's Oscar Viewing Party on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, Calif. Britney Spears attends the 22nd Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation's Oscar Viewing Party on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, Calif.JB Lacroix—WireImage/Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jul 18, 2014 4:28 PM CUT Britney Spears dined out at a local Cheesecake Factory Sunday evening with boyfriend David Lucado and her bodyguard. When the $30 bill came at the end of their meal, the pop superstar was under the impression that her bodyguard would be taking care of the bill. Conversely, Spears’ bodyguard thought that Spears would be paying for their dinner. Their miscommunication resulted in them leaving without paying. However, they quickly realized their error and returned to the Thousand Oaks, California restaurant to pay the bill as well as leave their waitress a $100 tip for the error. The restaurant’s Senior Director of Public Relations, Aletha Rowe, says there are no hard feelings about Spears’ mistake. “Britney dines in our restaurants quite often and is a wonderful guest. 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