DONKEY: Cop Arrested After Pointing Firearm At Fellow Officer Over Fish Odor

Summary

The Breakfast Club – "Donkey of the Day: Cop Arrested After Pointing Firearm At Fellow Officer Over Fish Odor"

Date: June 4, 2026
Hosts: Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee

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Episode Overview

This short "Donkey of the Day" segment from The Breakfast Club dives into a bizarre and troubling incident where a Myrtle Beach police officer, Michael DiBiase, was arrested for drawing a gun on a fellow officer during a heated dispute in the precinct—over the smell of microwaved fish. Charlamagne Tha God uses his signature blend of humor and real talk to unpack why “smells in the workplace” can push people to irrational actions, while reminding listeners that violence is never the answer, no matter how offensive an odor may be.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Incident: Blue-on-Blue Crime Over Fish Odor

• Summary:

  • Officer Michael DiBiase (46) was fired and arrested after pointing his department-issued firearm at another officer.

  • The altercation arose from a dispute over someone microwaving fish in the precinct, creating a strong odor.

  • DiBiase was charged, lost his job, and was booked into detention.

  • Notable Quote:

    • Charlamagne: "Blue on blue crime. My God, what is this world coming to?" (02:47)

2. The Power of Offensive Odors in the Workplace

• Charlamagne relates to the frustration with unpleasant smells but makes it clear the cop’s reaction was extreme and unjustifiable.

  • Notable Quote:
    • Charlamagne: "But I feel him, man, okay? I'm not gonna lie to you. I can't stand when something has that not so fresh fish smell." (04:02)

• Riffs on "workplace smells":

  • The difference between food smells and people “smelling like tuna.”

  • Points out that “Musty, Fishy, and Poop” are the three odors most likely to cause conflict at work.

  • Notable Quote:

    • Charlamagne: "There are three odors that piss people off and can lead to violence: that musty that smells like a bag of Funyuns or Kush; that fishy that smells like someone put a bowl of bacterial vaginosis in the microwave; or when someone smells like pure poo poo." (05:14)

3. Extreme Responses and Calls for Innovation

• Charlamagne stresses that violence is never justified:

  • Even if someone smells awful, pulling a gun is "dead wrong." (04:02)

  • A wry reflection on American gun reform:

    • "If people got shot for stinking, then I promise you there would be common sense gun reform in this country passed immediately. Because I know Congress be smelling like the food and fish market." (05:41)

• Positive spin:

  • Instead of violence, be innovative. The people who created soap, deodorant, Febreze, etc., were simply fed up with bad smells and channeled that into invention.

  • Notable Quote:

    • "The person who made soap was fed up with the way people smelled. That's innovative, though... All I'm saying is get innovative, not violent." (06:18–06:39)

4. Navigating Telling Someone They Smell

• Angela Yee and Charlamagne discuss the etiquette of broaching the topic:

  • Angela suggests, “women should tell women”—men should not take it upon themselves to tell female coworkers about odor issues.

  • Charlamagne agrees and jokes about how often these conversations do (and don’t) happen at The Breakfast Club.

  • Angela: "But I think that women should tell women, like, I don't think that's a man's place. Tell a woman that." (07:39)

  • Charlamagne: "And y'all just be up here smiling in their face ... And don't want to tell them the truth." (08:32)

  • They reminisce about celebrities visiting the studio who have had body odor issues, but note that it's awkward to address, especially during short, public interactions.

5. Final Reflections

• Charlamagne's parting insight:
  • "Just because somebody or something smells like ass doesn't give you a license to act like one." (06:16)
  • He wraps up with the classic "Donkey of the Day" outro, awarding Michael DiBiase the "sweet sounds of the Hamiltones."

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Memorable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• (02:47) Charlamagne: "Blue on blue crime. My God, what is this world coming to?"
• (04:02) Charlamagne: "But I feel him, man, okay? I'm not gonna lie to you. I can't stand when something has that not so fresh fish smell."
• (05:14) Charlamagne: "There are three odors that piss people off and can lead to violence..."
• (05:41) Charlamagne: "If people got shot for stinking, then I promise you there would be common sense gun reform in this country passed immediately..."
• (06:16) Charlamagne: "Just because somebody or something smells like ass doesn't give you a license to act like one."
• (06:18-06:39) Charlamagne: "The person who made soap was fed up with the way people smelled. That's innovative, though... All I'm saying is get innovative, not violent."
• (07:39) Angela Yee: "But I think that women should tell women, like, I don't think that's a man's place."
• (08:32) Charlamagne: "And y'all just be up here smiling in their face ... And don't want to tell them the truth."

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Important Segment Timestamps

• [02:37] – Donkey of the Day intro
• [03:22] – News report on the officer’s arrest
• [04:02] – Charlamagne's take on the incident and the power of bad smells
• [06:18] – “Get innovative, not violent” message
• [07:39] – Discussion on etiquette about addressing personal odor at work
• [08:57] – Segment wrap-up and sponsor message

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Takeaway

This episode uses a wild real-life scenario to spark a hilarious-yet-real conversation about workplace etiquette, why smells matter so much, and the importance of handling conflict (and stank) with innovation—not aggression. It’s classic Breakfast Club: funny, unfiltered, and real.

Transcript

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

it's time for Donkey of the Day. There's a bunch of donkeys out here in these streets. How to make donkey today called Donkey of the Day. It really caught me off guard. We live a life, bite our tongue Based off who we may offend we never would say anything. Give it to him. Give it to him. You are a donkey. That is why Charlemagne is here. Some donkey today just saw themselves on the Breakfast Club. Okay, Charlemagne, who you giving donkey of the day to today? Well, donkey Today for Thursday, June 4th goes to a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina police officer named Michael DiBiase. Okay? Michael is 46 years old and he was arrested on Tuesday and charged with pointing and presenting a firearm at another police officer. Okay? Blue on blue crime. My God, what is this world coming to? Let's go to Action News 5 for the report, please.

[News Reporter]

A former Myrtle beach police detective was fired and arrested after allegedly pointing a gun at a fellow officer during a dispute about microwaved fish. The South Carolina Law enforcement division, or SLED, says it charged Michael DeBiase today after the Myrtle Beach Police Department requested an investigation. Arrest warrants claim debiase confronted another officer at the department about them warming up fish in the microwave and causing an odor. During that confrontation, DeBiase is accused of pulling his department issued handgun and pointing it at the officer. He's since lost his job, been booked into the J. Rubin Long detention center.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Michael DeBiase is dead wrong. Absolutely, positively wrong. But I feel him, man, okay? I'm not gonna lie to you. I can't stand when something has that not so fresh fish smell, okay? Because, see, in the workplace, you don't know whether it's something, you know, someone is cooking or the person itself, okay? Have you ever worked with someone when they. And when they walk in, you have to think to yourself, did someone open up a can of tuna in here? Okay, who are you? The mascot? The Starkist? Chunk Light Tuna. Have you ever had to tell someone that they smell chunk light? Have you ever smelt a human who smells like a can of solid yellowfin tuna? You ever got so pissed off because someone smelled like some wild caught skipjack? Have you? Listen, man. Summer officially begins on June 21, but the temperature is already high in a lot of places, okay? In Myrtle beach on Tuesday, I believe it was in the 80s. What I'm trying to say is the higher the temperature, more than likely the forecast is going to call for musty, okay? Not just musty, but fishy. Always people out there who smell like the finest of kush. When future Said the loud pack was smelling musty on March Madness. He wasn't lying. But the madness isn't just in March. The madness is right now, okay? Spring, summertime, when temperatures are in the 80s and 90s, you gotta keep your guard up, and by God, I mean right guard, because that musty will get you, okay? But not just that musty. That fishy, that not so fresh smell, okay? That, that, that, that. The kitchen. That Red Lobster odor, okay? I don't know why. There are three oldest that piss people off and can lead to violence, okay? It's either that musty that smells like a bag of Funyuns or a bag of Kush. That fishy that smells like somebody put a bowl of bacterial vaginosis in the microwave or when someone smells like pure poo poo, okay? Dookie, nanny, feces, bowel movement. All right, I can't say the word I want to say because we are live on the radio, but sugar, honey, iced tea is the acronym for what we call defecation, okay? Those three smells will cause a person to snap. Now, Michael Dibiati took it too far. He did. And I shouldn't have to tell any of y' all that you don't pull a pistol on a person because they got a pungent smell, okay? If people got shot for stinking, then I promise you there would be common sense gun reform in this country passed immediately. Because I know Congress be smelling like the food and fish market. Listen, please, my fellow Americans. I know that people stink, okay? I know they do. I know that things think. But don't move off of emotion when it comes to those odors, all right? Just because somebody or something smells like ass doesn't give you a license to act like one. In fact, I challenge you all this summer to become innovative, okay? When someone or something stinks, do you realize when you really think about it, the person who made soap was fed up, okay? He was fed up with the way people smelled. That's innovative, though, okay? The person who made deodorant was fed up with. With the way people smell, but creating deodorant was innovative. The person who made vaginal odor products was fed up with the way that thing smelled. Okay, but he was innovative. All right? Or she was innovative. The person who made Febreze was fed up with the way things smell. All I'm saying is get innovative, not violent. I yield my time. Please give Michael Dibiase the sweet sounds of the Hamiltones. Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. And it's okay to tell People in the workplace that they stink, that they may have that nice little fresh feeling. But I think that women should tell women, like, I don't think that's a man's place. Tell a woman that you should go to the other women in the office because they smell it, too, and say, hey, maybe y' all should talk to her. Yeah, Yeah. I was gonna say, you be telling people that they must even when they not. That's not true.

[Angela Yee]

That is true.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What you mean, what's not true? That the people be musty. They don't be all the time. No, they do be. And I say something, and you think that I'd be lying now.

[Angela Yee]

I don't think. I know you don't be lying because

[Charlamagne Tha God]

you smell it, too. I do. And then you laugh at me because I do. Why would you say that to them? Why would you not say that?

[Angela Yee]

And then when they want to take a picture and then we got to get close.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, my gosh. That happened every day. Whoa. Crazy. Crazy. And the person thought I was playing.

[Angela Yee]

And you smelled it. I did. I walked out the room because I

[Charlamagne Tha God]

knew you was crazy. Crazy.

[Angela Yee]

There's some celebrities that came up here crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And y' all just be up here smiling in their face, you know what I mean? And don't want to tell them the truth. I mean, I'm not about to tell no nobody to come up here that we interviewed, that they stank. Yo, we only spend 35, 40 minutes with them.

[Angela Yee]

That was a hard 35 minutes. You know who I'm talking about?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But by the way, when you walk in, that was. And you got on all leather and it's 80, 90 degrees in New York City. Come on. Yeah, Come on. All right.

[Angela Yee]

Well, thank you for that. Donkey of the day.

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