ON THE ROAD American Pickers’ Mike Wolfe flees home for road trip with girlfriend Leticia Cline as pal says he’s ‘ready to retire’
ON THE ROAD American Pickers’ Mike Wolfe flees home for road trip with girlfriend Leticia Cline as pal says he’s ‘ready to retire’
MIKE Wolfe has gone on a road trip alongside his girlfriend after recently opening up about leaving the show.
The American Pickers star took to his Instagram Stories on Thursday with new photos showing both him and Leticia Cline, 44, in the driver’s seat.
Mike Wolfe shared new photos of him and his girlfriend Leticia Cline fleeing home and going on a road trip
Mike and Leticia looked happy while behind the wheel of the car shortly after Mike opened up about his future with American Pickers
The first photo showed Mike, 59, posing from behind the wheel of a vintage car while wearing a striped button-up top and jeans.
The black-and-white photo was followed up with a close-up shot of his girlfriend’s face in the car’s rearview mirror.
The next shot showed the car’s red interior as Leticia took over the driving reins.
She had her seat belt wrapped around her waist as she smiled at the road ahead, seemingly having her hair blown in the wind from the open window.
The journalist wore a pair of black pants and a casual white short-sleeve top and had her blonde hair styled in natural waves.
The country view in the window behind her looked picturesque with green grass and a building in the distance.
“Love exploring with my babe @leticiacline,” Mike wrote over the photo.
The road trip comes on the heels of Mike recently opening up about the future of his History Channel show, which he has starred in since 2010.
LAST SEASON?
The newest block of American Pickers episodes, which have been airing since July, have not been met with the best of ratings.
Frank Fritz, Mike’s friend and original co-host, originally left the show to recover from back surgery in 2020.
He was placed under conservatorship after he suffered a stroke in July 2022 and was let go from the show.
Amid Frank’s firing in 2022, Mike’s brother Robbie officially became a full-time cast member.
However, The U.S. Sun exclusively revealed the brothers may be ready to call it quits soon.
A friend of Mike’s exclusively told The U.S. Sun: “I don’t know how long the show will last. I don’t know how long Mike and Robbie want to do this. I think they would like to retire at some point. It’s been 12 years.
“It’s a strain on your life. They’ve done this a long time. When they’re around it’s, ‘Ah we’re on the road again. I ain’t got time to do this, I ain’t got time to do that.’
“It’s a love-hate like with any job. Some days you don’t wish you had that job and you could do whatever you wanted. Some days you’re all excited about your job.”
LOW RATINGS
The series is currently experiencing low ratings after its July 5 premiere started off strong with 918,000 viewers watching.
The July 12 show had 803,000 viewers, while 713,000 tuned in for the July 19 episode.
Ratings were better for the July 26 episode, which had 885,000 viewers.
