White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders chided Fox News White House correspondent John Roberts when he left her off-camera/audio-only briefing today, stopping her remarks to say, “John Roberts is bored today, he’s headed out.”

Roberts was having none of that. “If it were on-camera I might not be,” he shot back, on his way out the door, giving the White House press team something to consider as the briefing’s remaining correspondents “ooh-ed” approvingly.

Before the briefing, Roberts had tweeted sternly:

Today's @WhiteHouse is off camera. The last on-camera briefing was June 29th. — John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) July 18, 2017

After his dramatic-despite-not-being-televised exit, Roberts tweeted:

To all who are musing over me leaving the @SHSanders45 Briefing…I have a live shot. Had the brief been on camera, it would 1/2 — John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) July 18, 2017