American Pickers star Mike Wolfe poses in rare photo with girlfriend Leticia Cline as show’s ratings continue to dip

AMERICAN Pickers star Mike Wolfe posed in a rare photo with his girlfriend Leticia Cline as the reality show’s ratings continued to dip after Frank Fritz’s firing.

Alabama State Senator Garlan Gudger Jr. revealed on Instagram that he is a fan of the History Channel’s American Pickers show.

InstagramMike Wole and Leticia Cline posed with Senator Garlan Gudger Jr.[/caption]

HistoryMike was described as ‘the epitome of the icon of American antiques’[/caption]

Garlan gushed about how he sure does “love my buddy” Mike Wolfe, 57.

The senator had spent “a day in Cullman with my new friend” Leticia, 43.

Mike and Leticia posed with Garlan for the snapshot and shared a smile with him. 

Garlan wrote: “Mike is the epitome of the icon of American antiques and American Preservation.”

He claimed that the American Pickers host was about “to start the thirteenth season” of the History show. 

The Alabama senator concluded: “We are proud to have him in our small town today and to be his host for the day!”

NEW ROMANCE

Back in October 2021, Mike and Leticia had gone on a couple’s outing to an incredible cave with friends. 

Leticia shared a snap in her Stories as the two were deep underground in a cavern.

The Maxim model captioned the post: “You can’t come to @visitcavecity and not see @mammothcavenps The world’s longest cave. (Ove 420 miles long).”

Leticia shared another snap of her friend and wrote: “Took a few miles and 200 stairs off.”

Mike, 57, and Leticia went public with their romance back in August 2021 during a trip to his hometown of Le Claire, Iowa in exclusive photos obtained by The Sun. 

THE DIVORCE

Their romance came after Mike’s former partner Jodi Faeth filed for divorce in November 2020 after about 10 years of marriage.

Back in December 2021, the American Pickers host finalized his divorce with Jodi.

In the divorce settlement filed in court and obtained by The Sun, The TV star was ordered to pay her over $6million, including royalties from the show and alimony.  

Jodi was awarded their $2million Nashville, Tennessee marital home and their North Carolina abode. 

Mike has sole ownership of the remaining 13 properties located in Tennessee and Iowa. 

RATINGS DECLINE

At the beginning of January, Mike and Robbie Wolfe had a good scream together as they stumbled upon a terrifying surprise while they were antiquing.

Robbie had opened up a water trough and found a “huge black snake.” 

Unfortunately, the latest episode comes at a time when the show’s ratings have taken a deep dive.

The Sun recently revealed that January 15 episode brought in just 859,000 viewers. 

This was a drastic decline compared to January 8 episode, which had about 1,011,000 viewers tuning in. 

Episodes featuring fan-favorite host Frank had higher ratings, including the final episode in March 2020 which brought in 1,282,000 viewers.

Disappointed fans mentioned they were planning to boycott the show due to Frank’s firing.

Instagram/Leticia ClineLeticia went public with her relationship with Mike in 2021[/caption]

GettyMike filed for divorce from Jodie Faeth back in 2020[/caption]

InstagramMike and Leticia went cave diving with friends[/caption]