Star of “American Pickers” mike wolf spoke about her final moments with Frank Fritz before her late co-star’s death.

The 60-year-old television personality and Fritz were childhood friends, co-hosted the History Channel series for 10 years and had known each other for more than 40 years.

The two had a falling out and Fritz walked away from the show during its 21st season in 2020. However, they were able to repair their friendship before Fritz died of complications from a stroke at the age of 60 in September.

In an interview with people magazine, Wolfe recalled how he rushed to Fritz’s side before his death.

“I got the call saying he wasn’t doing well. I feel blessed that I was able to get there,” Wolfe said.

“American Pickers” star Mike Wolfe recalled his final moments with his late co-star Frank Fritz. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

He continued: “I was there for about an hour before he died, and I was holding his hand and rubbing his chest when he took his last breath. I took my fingers and closed his eyes.”

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Wolfe told the outlet that his mother and Fritz’s late mother’s best friend, Annette, joined him at his late friend’s bedside, and he recalled the heartfelt last words he shared with Fritz earlier. his death.

“I just told him that I wasn’t mad at him, that I loved him and that I cared about him a lot,” Wolfe said. “And then when I could see that he was struggling, I just told him, ‘Go get your mom. Go get her right now. Just go get her.'”

During her interview with People, Wolfe also reflected on her relationship with Fritz, the rift that arose between them, and how they buried the hatchet.

Fritz died last month at the age of 60 due to complications from a stroke. (Getty Images)

Wolfe recalled that he and Fritz met while in high school in Iowa and struck up a friendship.

“He was an extremely hard worker. He was like no one I had ever met in my entire life,” Wolfe recalled.

Wolfe told the outlet that Fritz was the only person who supported him when he came up with the idea for “American Pickers.”

The reality show was finally greenlit by A&E Networks and Fritz joined Wolfe as his co-star in “American Pickers,” which became an instant hit when it premiered on the History Channel in January 2010.

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“He looked a lot like he was on camera,” Wolfe recalled of Fritz. “He was very sensitive. He was very loving. He was extremely funny. His sense of comic timing was incredible.”

“Actually, the team and I always told him that he should do stand-up because he was always very self-critical,” he added.

“He was one of those guys who, no matter who we talked to, could always make people feel comfortable and let them know they were being heard.”

Wolfe and Fritz co-hosted “American Pickers” for 10 years. (Getty Images)

However, rumors of a feud between the co-hosts began to surface when Fritz suddenly stopped appearing on “American Pickers” in 2020.

In a 2021 interview with The Sun, Fritz revealed that he had struggled with alcoholism before leaving “American Pickers” and said he hadn’t “spoken to Mike in two years.”

“He knew my back was bad, but he didn’t call me to ask how I was doing,” Fritz said of Wolfe. “That’s how it is.”

Fritz also told that outlet that he believed “American Pickers” was “leaning toward him (Wolfe) 1,000%.”

“I can’t even bend down that far to show you how much,” he added. “I’m second and he’s number one in the program.”

“There was a lot of noise. That’s a good way to put it,” Wolfe told People in Fritz’s interview with The Sun. “It’s very difficult for me to talk about this, because a lot of things were said that weren’t true, and I always kept praying for him. But unfortunately, the things we want for someone… sometimes (It’s) just not enough, and they have They want these things for themselves.”

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Wolfe told People that Fritz had to undergo surgery after injuring his back.

“With that time off and his surgery, it was like the perfect storm,” Wolfe said. “He became addicted to opioids and that’s when everything changed.”

Wolfe said he tried to help Fritz several times during his battle against addiction. She told People that she organized an intervention for Fritz with her late co-star’s family and other close friends.

Fritz suddenly stopped appearing on the show in 2020. (CHANCE YEH/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Wolfe said he met with Fritz about a month after the procedure. “He said he was going to handle everything on his own and I asked him how he was. He said, ‘I’m fine. I’m fine. No, I’m really fine,'” Wolfe recalled.

“And then, like a month later, it was gone,” he says. “And watching Frank do some of the things he was doing, it was really difficult.”

Wolfe said he still “fought very hard” to convince Fritz that enter rehab and “never, ever gave up” on his friend.

During this time, Wolfe recalled that production on “American Pickers” resumed. Wolfe told People that “the network ultimately made the decision” to continue without Fritz because it could not provide negative drug tests.

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“They just say, ‘Listen, we have to move forward. We have to move forward with this,'” Wolfe said. “I had mixed emotions doing that… and we were just trying to figure out what we were going to do.”

Wolfe said he had trouble feeling like “the last man standing” after Fritz’s departure from the show.

“They let me fend for myself in a lot of ways. I could finish his sentences. He could finish my sentences,” he says. “I’m left-handed, but with him I felt ambidextrous.”

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The two had a fight but later mended their friendship. (Photo by Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic)

Wolfe compared her breakup with Fritz to “losing a brother,” telling People, “And that’s why it was so hard to hear him say the things he said.”

“I just wish he didn’t have to deal with all that stuff in the shadows,” she added. “We can tell him how much we love him, and that we support him and encourage him, (but) he will never be able to recover.”

Despite their fight, Wolfe told People that he and Fritz “never disconnected.”

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“I backed away a little bit because I was watching what he did, but I still fought for him to go to rehab and I still had those conversations,” he said.

Wolfe continued, “And everyone was like, ‘Well, when his back is better… and I’m like, ‘It’s not his back. That’s one thing, but we need to help him heal, because he needs us right now.'” “

“I never completely distanced myself from him,” he added. “That would be impossible for me. But I saw how it all unfolded. I tried to help him the best I could and we talked.”

Wolfe was at Fritz’s side when his friend died. (Getty Images)

However, Wolfe said he and Fritz later had an emotional reconciliation.

“It was beautiful,” Wolfe recalled. “I was struggling with addiction. I know how critical the public can be.

She continued, “And that’s why, when we ended up talking again, it was so easy for me to forgive him because I knew it wasn’t him talking. It was his addiction talking.”

Wolfe told People that there were conversations about Fritz possibly returning to “American Pickers” after they patched up their breakup.

In 2022, Fritz suffered a stroke and was hospitalized. Wolfe told People that he knew then that an on-screen reunion with Fritz was “never going to happen” due to his former co-star’s health issues.

However, Wolfe said their friendship remained strong until Fritz’s death.

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“Once he had the stroke and went into a facility, I saw him many times and was able to talk to him very candidly and with a lot of love about everything I always wanted to tell him,” Wolfe recalled.

When asked how he wanted Fritz to be remembered, Wolfe said, “He was a beautiful, beautiful person who, to be honest, who knows what our lives would have been like if there had never been a show.”

“I just want people to know who he was,” Wolfe added.