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He calmly ate his salad between shots at the press dinner/ Glantz: I didn't want to get my suit dirty on the floor

2026-04-27 14:05:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

He calmly ate his salad between shots at the press dinner/ Glantz: I didn't

While attendees hid under tables or behind chairs when gunfire erupted at the hotel where the White House Correspondents' Association dinner was being held on April 25, one guest went viral on social media for his calm.

Creative Artists Agency agent Michael Glantz was seen sitting in his seat, unperturbed, and eating a salad in the ballroom of the Washington Hilton hotel, a stark contrast to the chaotic scenes that unfolded that evening.

Glantz, who represents CNN television news anchor and journalist Wolf Blitzer, told White House Correspondents Insider editor Tammy Haddad that he wasn't nervous at all.

He also told tabloid news organization TMZ on April 26 that he felt safe in the ballroom due to the large presence of security personnel.

"I'm a New Yorker. We live with sirens and stuff like that happening all the time. I wasn't scared. There were hundreds of Secret Service agents jumping on tables and chairs and I wanted to see. It's not every day you see something like that. First of all, I have back problems. I couldn't lie on the floor, and if I did, they would have to bring people to lift me off the floor. And second of all, I'm a hygiene fanatic. There was no way I was going to walk in my new suit on the dirty floor of the Hilton ," he said.

Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche said yesterday that US President Donald Trump and administration officials were possible targets of the suspect who opened fire.

The man, identified as 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen, fired a gun at a Secret Service agent at a hotel checkpoint before being stopped and arrested. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were rushed out of the dinner, followed by other members of the cabinet. /CNA





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