Posted on February 13, 2021 at 1pm by West Sider
A waitress at Lilly’s Cocktail & Wine bar at 50 West 72nd Street, near Columbus Avenue, received a very exciting tip on Friday – a check for $ 7,000, courtesy of a comedian who raised money from his followers on major chains. social.
Robyn Schall, who has more than 140,000 followers on Instagram, broadcast his meal live at the wine bar on Thursday. She raised $ 13,000 in total, so she handed checks to several people who work there, explaining that they were from her followers.
The waitress was Ulyana Hruschak, 24.
“I still feel like it wasn’t real,” Hrushchak said in a telephone interview with Bloomberg on Friday. “It is one of those pinching moments.”
Schall said she wanted to spread the love after the donations helped her stay afloat during the pandemic.
“Everyone is fighting now, and people just wanted to do something good,” said Schall in a telephone interview, adding that she did not expect such a big response. “I was so touched.”
As a comedian, Schall relied on donations to support himself during the pandemic. She started to perform more on YouTube and Instagram, but things really skyrocketed in November, when a video about your 2020 goal list went viral.
See the full live broadcast (hour and a half):