𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 ‘𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡’ 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 ‘𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞’ 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡

AMERICAN Pickers’ Mike Wolfe has thanked his mother for her guidance and strength after opening up about feeling pressure over the firing of his co-host Frank Fritz.

Mike, 57, shared a special Mother’s Day tribute on Instagram.

American Pickers’ Mike Wolfe and his mom celebrated Mother’s Day together

He thanked his mother for ‘working so hard to raise three little babies’

In the photo, the American Pickers star posed with his mother as they stood under the large sign that said: “Walk-Over Shoes.”

The mother/son duo had their arms wrapped around each other’s backs.

Mike captioned the post: “Your love, guidance and strength continue to carry me through this beautiful life.

“Watching you loving on little Charlie Wolfe makes my heart melt.”

He added in his tribute: “Thank you for your sacrifices and for working so hard to raise three little babies on your own.”

The TV personality concluded: “You continue to teach me what’s important every single day. I love you so very much.”

The History Channel star is a parent himself, too, as he shares his daughter Charlie with hex-wife Jodi Faeth.

Mike is currently dating Maxim model Leticia Cline, 43.

The couple went public with their relationship back in August 2021.

Their romance took place after Mike’s former partner filed for divorce in November 2020.

One year later, Mike finalized his divorce with Jodi after about 10 years of marriage.

‘THIS SHOW BECOMES HARDER’

Recently, the TV star posted a photo of his two crew members while they were on set.

He wrote a lengthy message and admitted: “Blood, sweat, and tears with these two guys. My pick interviews are done on a different day. It’s a time frame thing there’s just not enough of it on pick days.”

Mike opened up: “Finding the words after 13 years of doing this show becomes harder. A lot of it is the pressure I put on myself. And how much weight I put into telling people’s stories…

“These two help me and sometimes guide me. This shot is what I see when I’m filming. Encouragement, love, understanding, and a true passion for this project.”

He concluded that he has been “very blessed to have people in my life at this time that love what they do as much as I do.”

THE RATINGS DROP

Mike’s pressure battle comes after The Sun revealed that American Pickers’ ratings have plummeted since dropping to under one million viewers in January and last July, for the first time in years.

However, episodes featuring his former co-host Frank had much higher ratings – including his final show on March 2020, which had about 1,282,000 viewers tuning in.

After his firing became public in July 2021, Frank ended up being replaced by Mike’s brother, Robbie.

Fans started to boycott the reality series due to Frank’s firing as many viewers have deemed Robbie to be “boring.”

One viewer previously tweeted: “I tried to watch one of the new episodes a few days ago, and it isn’t the same.

“So sad as I have been a major fan over the years. I will continue re-watching the old ones instead. This maybe should have ended when Frank ‘left.’”

Frank Fritz and Mike co-starred together as the hosts of American Pickers before the former was fired

Fran ‘s last episode on American Pickers aired on March 2020- ratings have dropped since his exit