UFC’s Dana White Says White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Experience Was ‘F***ing Awesome’
White didn’t seem scared so much as exhilarated as he left the scene of Saturday night’s shooting.
Dana White attends the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner at Washington Hilton on April 25, 2026, in Washington, D. C. - Paul Morigi/Getty Images Dana White , president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), was present for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting on Saturday, April 25, and he called the experience “f***ing awesome.
” “It started getting noisy,” White told reporters, including NBC News’ Ryan J. Reilly , after the incident. “Tables getting flipped over, guys running in with guns.
And they were screaming, ‘Get down! ’ But I didn’t get down. It was f***ing awesome.
I literally took every minute of it in. It was a pretty crazy, unique experience. ” He added: “We were sitting right in front of the table, right in front of where the president was.