Correspondents’ Dinner entertainer Oz Pearlman recalls ‘surreal’ moments during and after shooting

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Mentalist Oz Pearlman recounts the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that forced the event’s cancellation on ‘One Nation.’ Mentalist Oz Pearlman opened up about the chaotic moments during the weekend shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, describing the scene as "surreal" and filled with immediate fear and confusion. "This is something nefarious and dangerous, and you feel the hairs on your neck starting to lift and, if you watch the video, it's surreal that this was 24 hours ago," Pearlman said Sunday on "One Nation with Brian Kilmeade." Pearlman, who was with President Donald Trump at the time, said he initially struggled to process what was unfolding. He recalled that the person next to him went down first as the situation escalated. In those first seconds, he said, he didn’t immediately think there was a shooter. JAS