Sadly, the actor’s new collection is not called Chandle Michael Murray.

Chad Michael Murray continues Today tradition by gifting hosts a bunch of his new candles

Sadly, the actor's new collection is not called Chandle Michael Murray.

By Emlyn Travis

Emlyn Travis

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May 4, 2026 3:03 p.m. ET

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- Chad Michael Murray is continuing his tradition of exchanging gifts with the *Today* hosts.

- The *One Tree Hill* alum surprised the anchors with products from his new candle line, Coast to Coast by Chad Michael Murray, on Monday.

- "Scents are memories, right? They can transport you," he said.

The *Today* coanchors were all alight on Monday’s episode when Chad Michael Murray presented them with an extra special, scented gift.

The *Sullivan’s Crossing** *star surprised the hosts with new his new candle collection, Coast to Coast by Chad Michael Murray, as part of their long-running tradition of giving each other presents whenever he visits the daytime talk show.

“So the first time I came, I brought some sexy calendars. Maybe not so sexy. You remember the calendars?” Murray teased, referring to the shirtless schedule released in support of his 2024 Netflix holiday film,* The Merry Gentlemen*. “And then I came in and you guys gave me a jersey, which I still have.”

Murray in London last year.

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He continued, “So this time, I thought… you guys would be the first people to receive this — and I don't know where it is, but — I've got my own line of candles coming.”

Al Roker, Craig Melvin, and Dylan Dreyer were then presented with their own individual candles, which they all began to smell and remark upon. Taking a shot at Melvin, Murray jokingly added, “I hear that you're in the candle business, so now we got a little bit of a thing going here.”

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Melvin started his own candle company, Melvin Made, last year, with proceeds from each sale going toward helping families fight cancer.

On the show, Murray explained that the candle has a sweet connection to his series *Sullivan’s Crossing*.

“This is ‘California Summer,’ a little wink and a nod to California Jones,” he said, referring to his character on the CW show. “Each lid’ll be different because it's an homage to something. I chop a lot of wood* Sullivan's Crossing*, so I thought that was a little funny wink and a nod.”

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He continued, “Scents are memories, right? They can transport you. So when I get off of a plane in Wilmington, North Carolina, the smell of azaleas makes me go right back to *One Tree Hill** *playing on the river court, and this right here reminds me of the summers in Nova Scotia shooting* Sullivan's Crossing.”*

While Roker and Dreyer expressed their excitement over the candles, Melvin and Murray quickly found themselves waxing on about… well, wax. “Oh, you’re a soy wax guy, huh?” Melvin asked. “One hundred percent soy, or do you use a blend?”

Murray confirmed that the candle is made of soy before Roker stepped in and reminded the pair that they were very much still on live television.

“Well, why don't you guys talk wick a little bit later?” he asked as the hosts laughed.

Watch Murray bring a little bit of light (literally) to the Today show in the clip above.

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