During his interview with Caesar Flickerman, he recited a poem to his one true love (Annie Cresta), making at least one hundred or more citizens in the audience faint because they believed it to be about them. He, along with every other victor, held hands together at the end of the interviews as a sign of solidarity—and rebellion. He wore a partially open white shirt and a black sash, with matching pants, giving him a pirate-esque look.