Spencer Matthews explains £500k bar bill: 'It was an error'

Spencer Matthews has explained the story behind his apparently huge bar bill.

Earlier this week, the Made in Chelsea star made the headlines after he tweeted a photo of his bill that amounted to £488,706.08.

However, he has since written in his Daily Mail blog that the bill was actually a simple error by his "attractive" waitress.

He wrote: "I was out at Morton's in Mayfair on Saturday night and was having a good time as always. The 2&8 Club downstairs was full with their usual well-heeled and beautiful clientele, and the drinks were reassuringly expensive and well made.

"The female bartender was particularly attractive and we chatted as I ordered two Grey Goose sodas with fresh lime, and two shots of Patron Silver Tequila.

"However on this occasion trying to charm the barmaid was my downfall. She was distracted as she keyed in the bill and what should have been £48 ended up as £488,706.08.

"My heart skipped a beat or two and I was concerned that prices had gone up a tad since I'd last been at the club only a few days before, but it didn't take Sherlock Holmes to work out the mystery of the six-figure bill."

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Matthews added that the "error" was quickly corrected, but that he was still sorry for tweeting the photo without an explanation.

"It was resolved very quickly and we had a good laugh about it, but then I made a schoolboy error of judgement - I tweeted the bill. It was meant to be a joke. Surely no-one could seriously think I would drop £500K on a round of drinks. Wrong.

"I woke up the next day to over 3,000 retweets, and several people berating me for such an outrageously extravagant waste of money and that I should have donated the money to the Philippines DEC campaign instead of a boozy night out."

Matthews also gave a link to the DEC charity drive to raise money for victims of Typhoon Haiyan, saying: "Well for once I wholeheartedly agree with my Twitter critics.

"Typhoon Haiyan has left more than 4,000 dead and half a million people without homes. The DEC campaign is certainly a worthy cause and I am happy to match my night's drinks bill pound for pound (the real one), and I would ask you to do the same and you can make your donations HERE ."

Watch Spencer Matthews chat to Digital Spy below:

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