UFC CEO Dana White Says the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Was ‘F---ing Awesome’ to Experience in Person

Dana White; Secret Service agents respond to incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25, 2026 Credit: usa today/Youtube;Andrew Harnik/Getty NEED TO KNOW UFC CEO Dana White told USA Today that the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting was “f---ing awesome” “I literally took in every minute of it,” he said White was among the attendees at the April 25 press event where an alleged gunman opened fire and injured a Secret Service agent inside the Washington Hilton hotel UFC CEO Dana White shared his reaction to the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting , describing the incident as “f---ing awesome. ” White, a friend and ally of President Donald Trump , was among the attendees at the annual press event at the Washington Hilton hotel on Saturday, April 25, when an alleged gunman opened fire inside the venue, injuring a Secret Service agent . Following the shooting, White, 56, spoke with USA Today about the intense, chaotic moments that ensued in the ballroom amid the disturbance.

"All of a sudden, it just started getting noisy. Tables started getting flipped over, guys running with guns, and they were screaming, 'Get down! ' " he recalled.

"I didn't get down. It was f---ing awesome, and I literally took every minute of it in," White continued while smiling. "It was a pretty crazy, unique experience.

" The UFC exec — who was a guest of Paramount Skydance at the dinner — told the outlet that he was sitting "right in front of [the head table] where the president was" at the time. "Nobody got tackled, but guys came in looking for the shooter. I thought the shooter was over by us or something," he recalled.