American Pickers boots Frank Fritz off show.

Frank Fritz will not be returning to “American Pickers,” a person with knowledge of the show’s plans confirmed for TheWrap. History channel since confirmed Fritz’s exit.

Fritz did more than 300 episodes of the History show with former partner in picking Mike Wolfe. Fritz has not appeared on an episode of the antiquing show since March 2020. A combination of back surgery and the pandemic can help explain some of Frank’s absence from the popular History show — but not all of it.

“I haven’t talked to Mike in two years. He knew my back was messed up, but he didn’t call me up and ask how I was doing,” Fritz told The Sun earlier this week. “That’s just how it is.”

Fritz told The Sun he thinks Mike “wants to get his brother Robbie in there to replace me.” Robbie has recurred on “American Pickers,” as have other minor characters, but there are no plans for him to become Mike’s full-time partner on the program, the person with knowledge of the show’s plan told us.

“I have known Frank for as long as I can remember, he’s been like a brother to me,” Wolfe said in a statement that was provided to TheWrap a few hours after this story published. “The journey that Frank, Dani and I started back in 2009, like all of life, has come with its highs and lows, blessings and challenges, but it has also been the most rewarding. I will miss Frank, just like all of you, and I pray for the very best and all good things for him on the next part of his journey.”