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The slimepit seafood chain I worked at was the only place open late near hotels, so when LaToya Jackson got in late to our small city, she was stuck with us.   She came in with her shady, mobster-looking old man of a husband Jack and two other guys.  (She has claimed that she had never slept with Jack, and it is easy to understand why.)  People immediately began running over to her booth, asking for autographs, both customers and servers alike. I felt sorry for her and embarrassed.   She was tiny and classily-dressed and quiet, but friendly and patient with the many pests interrupting her meal.  She looked great, very low-key and beautiful, without the overdone makeup.  I was sitting in the bar counting my tips, and she walked by on the way to the restroom, looked in, and smiled at me.  I didn't wait on her but heard the server got a par tip of about 15%.

Source: Celebrity Tippers: The Saints and the Scum - http://www.stainedapron.com/celebs.htm

"La Toya Jackson came in at Christmas time, on a Saturday night, and we were packed," Sellas said. "The minute she walked in heads just [turned], and she wanted some privacy. Well, we couldn't give her much privacy." Sellas said that Jackson then circled the room, went into the bar, had a drink and left.

"She wanted some place where she could go and be private," Sellas said. "Well, that's pretty hard to do here on a Saturday night and at Christmas time."

source: http://busjournal.com/content/archives/aug98/corp_prof.html