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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Adrienne Martinez

Who is Michael Glantz? Meet the Chill 'Salad Guy' Who Kept Eating During WHCD Shooting – 10 Photos

Michael Glantz's calm demeanor during a chaotic moment at the White House Correspondents' Dinner has made him an internet sensation. (Credit: Facebook/Michael Glantz)

While the elite of the American political and media landscape scrambled for cover beneath linen-draped tables at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night, 25 April, one man remained remarkably unmoved.

Michael Glantz, a senior talent agent at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), has become an overnight internet sensation after footage emerged of him calmly enjoying his burrata salad while a suspected assassin named Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was apprehended just yards away.

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