Big time Prince fans are well aware of Prince’s obsession with breakfast, although they may know how far he went with it. A man who described himself as a former butler for Prince from November 2006 to April 2007. He was one of fifteen butlers employed by Rio All-Suite and Casino in Las Vegas, where Prince was staying. He served many high rollers during his 3 plus years at that job.
The man who only identified himself as a butler told a story about the time Prince ordered breakfast for 14 at four in the morning and followed that up relating a story told by Dave Chappelle :
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.
Comedian Dave Chappelle famously parodied the singer’s pancake obsession in a skit he performed mocking the time when Prince and the Revolution beat Eddie and Charlie Murphy in a game of basketball. After the epic match, Prince reportedly served his opponents a pancake peace offering.
The butler also passed along a little bit of other information about Prince’s time there:
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.