diff --git a/cmd/nginx-ingress/main.go b/cmd/nginx-ingress/main.go
index 13917ec05b..7476d99388 100644
--- a/cmd/nginx-ingress/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nginx-ingress/main.go
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ func main() {
 		ExternalServiceName:          *externalService,
 		IngressLink:                  *ingressLink,
 		ControllerNamespace:          controllerNamespace,
+		Pod:                          pod,
 		ReportIngressStatus:          *reportIngressStatus,
 		IsLeaderElectionEnabled:      *leaderElectionEnabled,
 		LeaderElectionLockName:       *leaderElectionLockName,
diff --git a/internal/k8s/controller.go b/internal/k8s/controller.go
index 1cfe976024..606c1431ad 100644
--- a/internal/k8s/controller.go
+++ b/internal/k8s/controller.go
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ const (
 	typeKeyword                                     = "type"
 	helmReleaseType                                 = "helm.sh/release.v1"
 	splitClientAmountWhenWeightChangesDynamicReload = 101
+	secretDeletedReason                             = "SecretDeleted"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -106,6 +107,11 @@ type specialSecrets struct {
 	wildcardTLSSecret   string
 }
 
+type controllerMetadata struct {
+	namespace string
+	pod       *api_v1.Pod
+}
+
 // LoadBalancerController watches Kubernetes API and
 // reconfigures NGINX via NginxController when needed
 type LoadBalancerController struct {
@@ -144,7 +150,7 @@ type LoadBalancerController struct {
 	resync                        time.Duration
 	namespaceList                 []string
 	secretNamespaceList           []string
-	controllerNamespace           string
+	metadata                      controllerMetadata
 	areCustomResourcesEnabled     bool
 	enableOIDC                    bool
 	metricsCollector              collectors.ControllerCollector
@@ -197,6 +203,7 @@ type NewLoadBalancerControllerInput struct {
 	ExternalServiceName          string
 	IngressLink                  string
 	ControllerNamespace          string
+	Pod                          *api_v1.Pod
 	ReportIngressStatus          bool
 	IsLeaderElectionEnabled      bool
 	LeaderElectionLockName       string
@@ -253,7 +260,7 @@ func NewLoadBalancerController(input NewLoadBalancerControllerInput) *LoadBalanc
 		resync:                       input.ResyncPeriod,
 		namespaceList:                input.Namespace,
 		secretNamespaceList:          input.SecretNamespace,
-		controllerNamespace:          input.ControllerNamespace,
+		metadata:                     controllerMetadata{namespace: input.ControllerNamespace, pod: input.Pod},
 		areCustomResourcesEnabled:    input.AreCustomResourcesEnabled,
 		enableOIDC:                   input.EnableOIDC,
 		metricsCollector:             input.MetricsCollector,
@@ -1694,7 +1701,8 @@ func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) syncSecret(task task) {
 			lbc.handleRegularSecretDeletion(resources)
 		}
 		if lbc.isSpecialSecret(key) {
-			nl.Warnf(lbc.Logger, "A special TLS Secret %v was removed. Retaining the Secret.", key)
+			lbc.recorder.Eventf(lbc.metadata.pod, conf_v1.StateWarning, secretDeletedReason, "A special secret [%s] was deleted.  Retaining the secret on this pod but this will affect new pods.", key)
+			nl.Warnf(lbc.Logger, "A special Secret %v was removed. Retaining the Secret.", key)
 		}
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/internal/k8s/ingress_link.go b/internal/k8s/ingress_link.go
index fed8e84666..fbfe3df76b 100644
--- a/internal/k8s/ingress_link.go
+++ b/internal/k8s/ingress_link.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) addIngressLinkHandler(handlers cache.Resource
 		options.FieldSelector = fields.Set{"metadata.name": name}.String()
 	}
 
-	informer := dynamicinformer.NewFilteredDynamicInformer(lbc.dynClient, ingressLinkGVR, lbc.controllerNamespace, lbc.resync,
+	informer := dynamicinformer.NewFilteredDynamicInformer(lbc.dynClient, ingressLinkGVR, lbc.metadata.namespace, lbc.resync,
 		cache.Indexers{cache.NamespaceIndex: cache.MetaNamespaceIndexFunc}, optionsModifier)
 
 	informer.Informer().AddEventHandlerWithResyncPeriod(handlers, lbc.resync) //nolint:errcheck,gosec
diff --git a/internal/k8s/leader.go b/internal/k8s/leader.go
index 47b9b7d30d..81f5faae8b 100644
--- a/internal/k8s/leader.go
+++ b/internal/k8s/leader.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func createLeaderHandler(lbc *LoadBalancerController) leaderelection.LeaderCallb
 // addLeaderHandler adds the handler for leader election to the controller
 func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) addLeaderHandler(leaderHandler leaderelection.LeaderCallbacks) {
 	var err error
-	lbc.leaderElector, err = newLeaderElector(lbc.client, leaderHandler, lbc.controllerNamespace, lbc.leaderElectionLockName)
+	lbc.leaderElector, err = newLeaderElector(lbc.client, leaderHandler, lbc.metadata.namespace, lbc.leaderElectionLockName)
 	if err != nil {
 		nl.Debugf(lbc.Logger, "Error starting LeaderElection: %v", err)
 	}