Pizza man ‘shocked’ to receive $1,000 tip from Ellen for Oscars delivery

The man who delivered pizza to actors during the Oscars ceremony revealed he thought he was only going to be feeding backstage staff at the awards ceremony.

A number of Hollywood’s stars dipped into their pockets to see Edgar Martirosyan go back to work with a $1,000 (€730) tip.

Martirosyan, a franchisee for the Big Mama’s and Big Poppa’s Pizzeria Hollywood, appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show to tell of experience of mingling with the world’s biggest acting stars.