Dana White is once again being compelled to explain why he called the terrifying shooting scare at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner “f——- awesome.” The UFC CEO revisited the event during a recent interview with David Remnick, providing a considerably more thorough account of what occurred inside the ballroom that night.

“So, I was sitting there talking to Pete Hegseth (United States Secretary of Defence),” he said. “And, you know, we were talking about all this fascinating stuff. We were talking about Iran and what’s going on over there. All of a sudden, you start hearing just crashing, like plates and dishes and glasses.

“Turn around, and what looked like 50 Secret Service guys are kicking tables over, running on the top of tables, and they’re screaming, “Everybody get on the ground. “And I was like, ‘Oh my! Then I watched them pull (J.D.) Vance and (Donald) Trump off the stage.”

According to him, the adrenaline from the moment completely overwhelmed his body because no one knew whether there was an active shooter or a bomb threat inside the building.

However, Dana White’s reaction to the danger once again raised eyebrows as the UFC CEO admitted that he refused to get on the ground despite security shouting instructions throughout the room.

“Just the adrenaline in your body, in mine anyway, was off the charts,” he admitted. “They’re saying, ‘Get down, get down.’ First of all, I’m never a get-down kind of guy, okay? That’s never gonna happen.

“If there’s something going on here, I got bad news for my family. It’s gonna be a closed casket, okay? Because I’m not getting shot in the back laying on the ground.”

Dana White then compared the entire scene to an action movie playing out in real time, forcing interviewer David Remnick to interrupt him and remind him that it wasn’t a movie. But the UFC CEO is simply an adrenaline junkie, as we all know by now.

“Which made it even greater,” White replied. “And when it was over, I was like, for four hours, I was bouncing off the walls. I had to stay. Nobody dragged me out. You know, we had to stay in there.

“And I’ll tell you this, too. So you had the who’s who from politics, the who’s who from the media, and the who’s who in business in this room and lots of far-left liberal media, which were a lot of women. None of these women were screaming.”

When Dana White called the shooting an awesome experience, it was no surprise that it sparked outrage online. The incident itself became national news after authorities arrested a suspect identified as Cole Tomas Allen, who prosecutors believe was targeting Donald Trump and others of his administration.

The chaos unfolded shortly after Dana White had confirmed one of the UFC’s biggest announcements yet: that the promotion had officially received permission to host a UFC event on the White House grounds this June.

And even though security for the event is going to be airtight, the head honcho has come across a new problem that can completely derail the watching experience.

Dana White faces a ‘bug’ problem for the UFC White House

Despite the security situation, Dana White said that a recent White House dinner with Donald Trump left him concerned about something unexpected: bugs. The UFC CEO stated that gnats completely filled the recently reopened Rose Garden, instantly making him rethink the practicalities of holding a live outdoor UFC event in Washington, D.C.

Speaking with Boardroom, White said the insects were impossible to ignore during the dinner.

“Another problem that I always think about, especially on the East Coast, bugs,” White said. “President Trump just opened the Rose Garden two nights ago, and he invited me to dinner there.

“The amount of gnats that were flying around … I’m like, ‘Holy s—.’ As soon as I got on the plane, I called my head of production and said, ‘Yeah, let me tell you about the gnat situation tonight.’”

And, honestly, for a live broadcast, that may become a real problem, given how outdoor UFC cards already deal with weather, lighting, and camera complications. Ironically, fans probably didn’t expect pest control to become a storyline around the UFC’s upcoming White House event.

Most people were focused on security and the possibility of a massive fight card for the America 250 celebration. Instead, Dana White is thinking about insects buzzing over lights and cameras during one of the biggest events the promotion has ever attempted.