Mike Wolfe is reflecting on his “once in a lifetime friendship” with late American Pickers costar Frank Fritz, saying reports of a feud between them stemmed from Fritz’s addiction issues.
“I want people to know — and he would want people to know — that we loved each other like brothers,” Wolfe told the Daily Mail in a new interview, adding that he and Fritz shared a “once in a lifetime friendship.”
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