In 2012, Berry was accused of using slur on Twitter during First Lady Michelle Obama's speech at that year's 2012 Democratic National Convention when he tweeted that black people are shooting each other during the speech along with the hashtag "#knuckadeads," in which some people allege is a substitute for "nigga." In January 2012, KPRC broke the news that Michael Berry was a suspect in a hit-and-run accident outside gay club T.C.'s Show Bar, the television station is now airing footage of Berry inside the bar on Jan. 31, the night in question, just before the accident occurred."