"American Pickers" star Mike Wolfe and girlfriend Leticia Cline are no longer together.
Cline, 48, announced the news in a statement shared to her Instagram stories late Thursday, Oct. 15, writing, "after seven years together, mike and i are no longer in a relationship."
"For the past two months, I've been trying to come to terms with things that have left me absolutely devastated. While the world continues to see one version of someone, I've been living with a very different reality," she continued. "There is so much I have kept private over the past 10 years. Things I witnessed, things I experienced, and things I stayed silent about because I loved someone and believed I was protecting him."
Cline said she now realizes "how much that silence
has cost me," adding, "I have a great deal to say. And there are reasons I've remained quiet for so long."
"What I will say is that the person the public knows and the person I knew behind closed doors are not the same," the post concluded. "I need time to process everything and decide how to move forward. But I will no longer protect a narrative at the expense of my own truth."
USA TODAY reached out to Wolfe's rep for comment.
Wolfe, who has starred on the History Channel's "American Pickers" since its debut in 2010, was first linked to Cline in 2021. Months prior, his ex-wife and mother their daughter Jodi Faeth filed for divorce following nearly 10 years of marriage.
Mike Wolfe, Leticia Cline survived serious car crash before split
While Wolfe and Cline kept their relationship largely private, they made headlines last year when they were involved in a violent car crash that left them both hospitalized.
"Leticia and I were involved in a car accident last evening in Columbia, TN," Wolfe wrote on Instagram in September 2025. "By the grace of God, we're both safe and okay.
"We are both receiving excellent care and while Leticia is still in the hospital, she is expected to make a full recovery," he shared. "Thank you for respecting our privacy at this time and we appreciate all of your love & prayers. God bless."
Cline also posted an update from her hospital bed at the time, revealing she had a "broken jaw (in a few places), broken ribs, sternum, collapsed lung and a lot of swelling on my spine. My mouth will be wired shut but I still got my brain and that's all that matters."
The former couple documented their recovery on social media in the months that followed, with Wolfe writing a touching tribute praising Cline for her resilience in December.
"Never in my life have I met someone so Creative Smart and Beautiful," he began. "I've watched for months now her struggle thru [sic] an unimaginable amount of physical and emotional pain. Thru [sic] it all she still manages to bring others together and love on the people that mean the most in her world.
"Since we've been together I have witnessed so many people come up to her and tell her how much she has inspired them…And in those moments she just smiles and manages to make them feel so special," Wolfe added. "This Storyteller arborist kitty lover wolf dog owner Chef and incredible Memory jug maker has got this pickers heart in her little pocket. One day @leticiacline and I will ride motorcycles around the world and howl at the moon together. ❤️🙏"
Cline replied in the comments, writing, "Babe. This made me ugly cry which means I was balling. Thank you so very much for surprising me with this post and the helping me with the most challenging time of my life… and through some of the hardest moments of yours that hardly anyone else even knows about."She went on to say, "We've both been carrying heavy things, and somehow we've still found a way to hold each other steady through it all. I don't say it enough, but I see your strength. I see your heart. I see the way you show up, even when it's hard, even when you’re tired, even when life isn't fair."
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