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“American Pickers” star Mike Wolfe is taking a break from the show for the first time, six months after former co-star Frank Fritz’s death.
In a People magazine exclusive published Friday, Wolfe revealed he will take a brief hiatus from the History Channel hit.
“We haven’t done that in 15 years, so that’s going to feel good. For 15 years, we have just been going and going and going,” Wolfe told People, adding that the show’s longest break so far has been for “a month around Christmas.”
“American Pickers” follows Wolfe and his brother Rob Wolfe, who replaced Frank Fritz, as the pair traverses the country searching for antique treasures.
“I think we’re going to have at least four or five months off, so it’s going to be good,” he continued.
The news comes as Wolfe is set to star in a film “Day of Reckoning” alongside girlfriend Leticia Cline.
“A struggling sheriff teams up with a tough U.S. Marshal to detain a cunning female outlaw. As tensions rise within their posse, they must face an approaching gang led by the prisoner’s violent husband,” the film’s description reads on IMDb.
Wolfe added that he originally wanted to “stay in my lane” but added that “I was like, ‘Okay, maybe I can.’ I don’t know if I’m fighting above my weight here, but it wasn’t like I had a ton of lines.
“I think the best experience out of it, or the most surreal experience for me, was meeting a lot of the cast,” he said.
‘American Pickers’ hiatus comes after Frank Fritz’s October death
The news of a hiatus comes six months after Wolfe’s co-star Frank Fritz died at 60.
In an Instagram post on Oct. 1, Wolfe mourned “with a broken heart” the loss of his longtime former co-star.
“I’ve know Frank for more then (sic) half my life and what you’ve seen on TV has always been what I have seen, a dreamer who was just as sensitive as he was funny,” he wrote. “The same off camera as he was on, Frank had a way of reaching the hearts of so many by just being himself.”
Wolfe continued: “Who would have ever dreamed we would share the cockpit of a white cargo van in front of millions of people interested in our adventures. Before the show we would take off together to places we never knew existed with no destination in mind and just the shared passion to discover something interesting and historic.”
The History Channel star added that the pair have “been on countless trips and shared so many miles and I feel blessed that I was there by his side when he took one last journey home. I love you buddy and will miss you so much I know your in a better place.”
In July 2021, Wolfe confirmed Fritz would no longer appear on the show, writing that he would “miss Frank.” While Wolfe described the pair’s close relationship with Fritz then, his late co-star revealed to The Sun in July 2021 that he hadn’t spoken to Wolfe in “two years” and that he “didn’t leave the show.”
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