India, April 28 -- Michael Glantz is a man who reached for his fork when all the other guests hit the floor after the gunfire broke out at the White House Correspondent's Dinner on Saturday night.

Glantz is senior talent agent at the Creative Artists Agency, which is one of Hollywood's most powerful talent firms. In the video shared by CNN's chief media analyst Brian Stelter, he was captured calmly eating his burrata salad even as the stage behind him cleared out and only a rifle-carrying officer was standing there. The moment quickly went viral with the hashtag #saladman trending across social media.

Glantz was happy to explain himself. In a brief interview with the New York Times, he said he felt no need to panic.

"I'm a New Yorker,"...