DONKEY: Charlamagne Gives Donkey Of The Day To All The ‘Player Women’ On Valentines Day

Summary

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Donkey of the Day: All the ‘Player Women’ on Valentine’s Day

Podcast: Donkey of the Day (The Breakfast Club, Power 105.1 FM)
Host: Charlamagne Tha God
Date: February 14, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this Valentine's Day edition, Charlamagne Tha God humorously awards the "Donkey of the Day" to all the self-proclaimed "player women"—those juggling multiple romantic prospects—turning the tables on a trend recently popularized in pop culture. Drawing on playful banter with Angela Yee and other co-hosts, the episode explores the complications, contradictions, and comedic pitfalls of living the “player” lifestyle as a woman on Valentine’s Day. The discussion draws in real-life anecdotes, memorable quotes, and references to viral songs that shifted the dating paradigm.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening the Floor: A New Target on Valentine’s Day

• Charlamagne admits he has historically roasted single or "lonely" women on Valentine’s Day but shifts focus:
  • “Donkey of the day for Friday, February 14th, Valentine's Day goes to all you women who want to be players.” [03:37]
• Credits Coi Leray’s song “Girls Is Players Too” for emboldening women to claim the player persona.

2. Observations on ‘Player’ Women

• Charlamagne teases that juggling multiple suitors is no easy ride, even if it seems glamorous:
  • “You can be surrounded by people and still feel alone...I know y’all lonely. You can’t fool me.” [04:16]
• Proposes that player women have their day mapped out—covering up with family alibis while running a “Valentine’s Day marathon.”

3. Banter on ‘Roster Management’ and Emotional Value

• Discusses how some women use excuses (like spending the day with “my mother and my grandmother and my niece”) to avoid committing to one guy:
  • Charlamagne (mimicking): “My mother and my grandmother and my niece.” [04:52]
• Suggests that if your main entanglement doesn’t give you anything for Valentine’s Day, “your vagina has no value.” [03:19]
• Warns of consequences—not just heartbreak, but the logistical risk of overlapping boyfriends showing up at the same workplace.

4. Real-World Example: Flowers and Competition

• Angela Yee narrates an office scenario where three men send flowers to Lauren LaRosa, sparking confusion and rivalry:
  • “A traffic jam downstairs...a traffic jam of envy...a traffic jam of flowers.” [07:00]
• They read the messages on the air, showing different suitors jockeying for position:
  • Message 1: “I don’t know what place I will finish in the marathon, but I hope it’s first.” [08:36]
  • Message 2: “Damn, why it gotta be a race? I hope I’m not in second place.” [08:56]
  • Message 3: “But leave the competitions for your heart...I’m not racing nobody for nothing.” [09:20]
• The co-hosts banter about who sent what, with Lauren LaRosa maintaining plausible deniability.

5. Is the ‘Player’ Life Worth It?

• Charlamagne questions the merits of the player lifestyle for women:
  • “Is this the life you really want to lead? Ladies, is the play of life really better than having a one and only Valentine?” [09:33]
• Warns about the risk of ending up alone, as convoluted romantic webs unravel.
• Angela Yee teases Lauren:
  • “You're going to end up with nothing.” [10:24]
• Jokes about the physical toll of managing multiple lovers—bringing humor with talk of “pH balance.”

6. Memorable Quotes & Soundbites

• Charlamagne: “Girls wanna be players, too. Please give all the lady players on Valentine's Day the biggest Hee Haw.” [09:57]
• Angela Yee: “Your messy ass co-worker read the messages on the air.” [09:33]
• Charlamagne: “You see all they right there.” (regarding the competing suitors’ flowers) [10:44]

7. Comedic Wrap-Up: Self-Reflection and Irony

• Lauren tries to defend herself:
  • Lauren: “Even if I did get three flowers...ain’t nothin’...” [10:34]
• Charlamagne reminds everyone:
  • “They don’t believe you. You need more people. And I don’t bite off nothing more than I can chew. I always handle mine.” [11:51]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Charlamagne, on the Valentine’s logistics:
  “You wait to see who does what on Valentine's Day and based on what they do, that's when you decide who you're going to spend the late, late night hours with.” [04:32]

• Angela Yee, on the flower deliveries:
  “Three men sent flowers up here for Lauren LaRosa...I can tell by these messages who's brunch, who's late lunch and who's getting the late night.” [08:55]

• Charlamagne, on the consequences of the player lifestyle:
  “You end up with nothing.” [10:20]

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Key Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment/Quote | |-------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 03:37 | Charlamagne shifts Donkey of the Day to “player women” | | 04:16 | Calls out loneliness amid the “player” life | | 04:52 | Imitating the classic “family alibi” for managing multiple dates | | 07:00 | Angela describes the flower “traffic jam” at the office | | 08:36-09:20 | Reads out the three Valentine’s flower card messages | | 09:33 | Charlamagne asks if the player life is worth it | | 09:57 | Request for “biggest Hee Haw” to all Valentine’s Day player women | | 10:20 | Angela warns, “You’re going to end up with nothing” | | 11:51 | Charlamagne: “They don’t believe you. You need more people...” |

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Tone and Delivery

The hosts keep the atmosphere light, witty, and playful, mixing observational comedy with real talk about dating culture. Charlamagne’s delivery is part-roast, part-advice column, part social commentary. Angela Yee’s interjections and Lauren LaRosa’s live reactions enhance the episode’s lively, relatable feel.

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Summary

Charlamagne uses this Valentine’s Day episode to lampoon the “player life” from a female perspective, highlighting both the comedic and cautionary sides of juggling multiple relationships. Punctuated by real-life anecdotes—like a workplace flower showdown—the episode blends advice, satire, and office gossip, ultimately questioning whether the “player” lifestyle pays off, or just leaves everyone, as Charlamagne says, with “nothing.”

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Transcript

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Angela Yee]

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[Angela Yee]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

My mother and my grandmother and my niece.

[Angela Yee]

Wow. Mother and the grandmother and the niece. The niece is diabolical. But you know as well as I do that grandma and mama not gonna be out past, you know, past about eight. All right? They in their night clothes, head wrapped, calling it a night by nine. Okay? This, you know. So that player lady you chasing is just looking to see who is gonna be active after 9pm who's gonna be on her body after 9pm I've heard these player ladies refer to having multiple suitors on Valentine's Day. I've heard them refer to this activity as a marathon. Now, I'm not going to say no names, but I was having a convo with one of those player ladies earlier this week and she admitted Valentine's Day was going to be a marathon. I actually have it. Can we listen? I heard you had a few prospects.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My mother and my grandmother and my niece. I'm going to go home and make sure that they get, you know, their roses and their candies. I do it every year.

[Angela Yee]

How many guys is it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Guys? Is it for what?

[Angela Yee]

That's. That's potentials for Valentine's Day. Ignore him. Continue on. What are you looking for this Valentine's? Oh, boy. What do you hope one of these guys. How does the person win?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How does the person win?

[Angela Yee]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The winner knows how he's supposed to win. I don't have to get on air and say it.

[Angela Yee]

Okay, okay, okay. All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's not. It's not a competition, as you know. It's a marathon.

[Angela Yee]

Now, let me tell you something. Don't. Don't let all that player talk confuse you, okay? Because it sounds bigger than what it is. See, Player, player ladies not really built to be players. Because if you was, you could be honest with all your hoes and let them know the hunt is on. Okay? You out here telling them that you're spending the day with your mother and grandmother and niece when the reality is you're going to brunch with one. Okay. A late lunch with the other, and then you spend the night with the one you really want to be with. And I'm gonna tell you why it can get sticky when all of them know, okay, where you work. All right? And all of them pop up at the job at the same time because they was invited by a diabolical co worker.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You ain't invited nobody nowhere. I know.

[Angela Yee]

You got scared, huh? No, I wouldn't do that. I wouldn't do that. But there was a traffic jam downstairs. Oh, it was a traffic jam. Guess what it was a traffic jam of envy. Guess what it was a traffic jam of. Jess, tell me. Flowers.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You ordered these flowers?

[Angela Yee]

No, I did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, you did, because how would you know that it was downstairs?

[Angela Yee]

Because they called back to back to back. They called back to back to back. One call came in saying, we got flowers for guess who. Player of the year, Lauren LaRosa. Okay, let me tell you something. I was shocked because when they said flowers, I was thinking, oh, wow, a guy sent flowers. But guess what? They called again. And then again, no. 3 men send flowers up here for Lauren La Rosa. Guess what. Guess what. Guess what. Read the cards. You want to read the card? Read the card.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What do the cards. What do the cards say?

[Angela Yee]

Read them. I want to know where they're from. Read the cards.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I want y' all to know that this is Charlemagne being Charlie.

[Angela Yee]

And you know what?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I came ready for this. That's why I put on a red lip. Really, really good.

[Angela Yee]

Read the card. You know what? Don't worry about it. I. I took another one. I took pics of the messages on the card already.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How did you get that so fast?

[Angela Yee]

They've been here for 30 minutes, ma'. Am. As soon as they said we got flowers for Lauren LaRosa. Do you think we didn't send people downstairs now? Jessica Robin Moore. Jessica Robin Moore. You're a retired player. You're a retired player. What do you suggest, Lauren, you know, do. Or do you want me to read these messages first? On this card?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Somebody said. Here.

[Angela Yee]

Let me see.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A little short.

[Angela Yee]

Damn. Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Message one says, they're looking like chocolate milk.

[Angela Yee]

Message one says, I don't know what place I will finish in the marathon, but I hope it's first. Sincerely. You know who drop on a clues bomb for that. Smart man. Okay. Glad you didn't leave a name. Better to remain anonymous when you sending something to a player on Valentine's Day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, my God.

[Angela Yee]

Message number two. Jesus. From these other flowers says, damn, why it gotta be a race? I hope I'm not in second place. Sincerely. Never. Number two. None.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

None of. None of the people I know would even talk.

[Angela Yee]

Like, what's the third one? Third and final message. Oh, this is crazy. But leave the competitions for your heart De Quincy And Monica, I'm not racing nobody for nothing. This isn't loving track meets. See you later, Mr. First Place.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y'. All. He is lying. I don't even talk to men that talk like that.

[Angela Yee]

I can tell by these messages who's brunch, who's late lunch and who's getting the late night. Okay, ladies, is this the life you really want to lead? Is this the life you really want to lead? Ladies, ladies. Is the play of life really better than having a one and only Valentine? Are you gonna end up alone? Because these men are not gonna like the fact that all of them sent flowers to your job at the same damn time. And your messy ass co worker read the messages on the air. I don't know. But just remember, whatever the outcome, this is the life you chose. Damn. Because girls wanna be players, too. Please give all the lady players on Valentine's Day the biggest Hee Haw. You end up with nothing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y' all know they saying in this newspaper that R. Kelly appeal was denied.

[Angela Yee]

You going to end up with more of you, Lauren. You're going to end up with nothing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Envy. You know, he sent these flowers.

[Angela Yee]

Ph Balance going to be all the way off. I'm talking to you. I'm just talking to all the lady players. And.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And even if I did get three flowers, ain't nothing. I'm not what you mean even if.

[Angela Yee]

You get.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Talking about balances? Ain't three people doing nothing.

[Angela Yee]

You see all they right there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You. First of all, let me tell you, you knew that the flowers was here before they came up.

[Angela Yee]

No, first of all, they called downstairs when there's a package. Lauren, they called 25 minutes ago.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, it wasn't 25 minutes ago.

[Angela Yee]

How long ago was it? Mac.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And then also I. I went and told Mac to go get them. He didn't even have them yet. You had what was written on the cards and your.

[Angela Yee]

All right, well, thank you for that. Donkey of the day, sir. I am so disappointed in you, Lauren. What did you say?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Amazing gag reflexes.

[Angela Yee]

All right, let's play Big Pimping.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Can we play Big Pimping?

[Angela Yee]

Big Pimping for big laros. Play Big Pimping. God damn. This is crazy. All right. This is crazy. I'm not just.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I. It's cool. Cause you're doing all this and you ain't stopping nothing.

[Angela Yee]

Here we go. All right. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today. Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nothing.

[Angela Yee]

Now when we come back, I feel.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Bad because I really thought it was, you know, my little Whatever. Whatever. What you looking at a player.

[Angela Yee]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They don't believe you.

[Angela Yee]

Somebody who bit off more than they can.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They don't believe you. You need more people. And I don't bite off nothing more than I can chew. I always handle mine. Well, I'm good over here. These flowers ain't stopping nothing, baby. I promise you.

[Angela Yee]

That's why message number three says, since silly Mr. First Place, see you later. Huh?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That message is so sassy. None of my. None of them. I mean, not them.

[Angela Yee]

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