Warning: This article contains spoilers for the season finale ofFinding Mr. Christmas.
If you don’t want to know who wins, stop reading now!
He acted on ice skates!
Ezra and Hayden in ‘Finding Mr. Christmas’.Kim Nunneley/Hallmark
He bartended on rollerblades!
He flashed his dazzling smile at the camera while wearing a series of form-fitting turtlenecks!
And in Thursday’s season finale, host and co-creatorJonathan Bennettcrowned Ezra the first-ever Mr. Christmas.
Jessica Lowndes and Alison Araya in ‘Happy Howlidays’.David Owen Strongman/Hallmark Media
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Congratulations, Ezra!
Or should I refer to you exclusively as Mr. Christmas?
EZRA MORELAND:[Laughs] Thank you so much.
A shirtless Ezra poses with a pooch on ‘Finding Mr. Christmas’.Hallmark Media
I think I can keep the Mr. Christmas going on until Christmas maybe?
But Ezra’s totally fine as well.
How surprised were you to win?
Ezra in one of his many turtlenecks in ‘Finding Mr. Christmas’.Hallmark Media
By the time it got towards the end, I was not surprised.
When you first started the show, who did you think was going to win?
Gage stood out to me.
He just holds himself together so well and he just seemed so experienced and very confident.
And Elijah absolutely stood out from the moment we met.
You came into this with no real acting experience, but obviously it didnt stop you.
As the winner, you get to star in the upcoming movie,Happy Howlidays.
Did you go straight into production on that after winningMr.
I got to take some acting classes and break the script down scene for scene.
That was the first time I had ever really tried to do something like that.
It’s hard to express in just one day what the experience was like.
It was a beautiful eye-opening experience for me.
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How did being onFinding Mr. Christmashelp you prepare for the experience of shooing the movie?
And were there things that happened while filming the movie that the show didnt prepare you for?
I don’t think there’s anything that could have prepared me for that other than just doing it.
I’m just feeling the heat in every direction.
[Laughs]
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In this movie, you play the owner of an animal shelter, and you have some canine co-stars.
Theres an old saying in Hollywood: Never work with children or animals.
What was it like having dogs as some of your co-stars?
What I didn’t realize until filming the movie is how much the dog owners and trainers are involved.
Theyre doing more work than I am.
Give us a little more scoop about your role as Max inHappy Howlidays.
I can relate in my real-life past to Max.
We both have a military background, but in the movie, my character is heartbroken.
Max is just shut off.
And here comes Mia, a gorgeous hot mess.
Max is there to just tell her that’s not how this works.
You were known for your turtlenecks onFinding.
Does Max wear a turtleneck inHappy Howlidays?
There is a time where I’m wearing a turtleneck in the movie.
Are you prepared to show up as a mentor inFinding Mr. Christmasnext season, should Hallmark+ renew the series?
You know what, I’ve thought about that.
Jonathan Bennett, I’m sending you a text message after this!
Im hoping I can show up as a guest judge or something in season 2.
I know what it’s like to be thinking of a million things all at once.
You just don’t want to get sent home.
You want to be your best, and youve got shot and one take at all the competition.
I would love to go and just support the contestants best I could.
In that bio, you said your favorite food is… oatmeal.What?
Happy Howlidayspremieres Saturday, Dec. 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel.
