American Pickers’ Danielle Colby writes ‘shut the f**k up’ in not-so cryptic post after Frank Fritz rips Mike Wolfe

AMERICAN Pickers’ Danielle Colby wrote ‘shut the f**k up’ in a not-so cryptic post after fired Frank Fritz ripped Mike Wolfe.

Danielle, 45, apparently came to Frank’s defense in an Instagram story.

The American Pickers star shared a snapshot of a knitted art frame. 

The frame also had knitted drawings of hearts and bunnies. 

The post stated: “If you can’t say anything nice, shut the f**k up.”

‘SAD FOR HIS STRUGGLES’

Mike, 57, has not been on good terms with Frank, 55, but his relationship with Danielle is different.

Recently, Danielle took to Instagram and shared a snap with Mike as they had their arms around each other.

Danielle, who previously met Dolly Parton on the show, captioned the snap: “I love getting to spend time with @mikewolfeamericanpicker 

“Head on over to my Patreon right now for a little behind the scenes Patreon-exclusive photo dump from this week.”

In her recent post, Daniele said she was “truly saddened for the loss of Frank on the show. I’m incredibly sad for his struggles.

“I have personally watched everything over the last decade. I have many thoughts but won’t speak them as they are only my my thoughts, not gospel.”

She added: “Frank caused so much pain for himself that it has been hard to watch. I truly hope Frank receives all the help he needs to become well after years of being unwell.”

‘LIKE A BROTHER’

Back in July, Mike took to his Instagram and revealed that his longtime co-star was no longer part of the show.

In the statement, Mike said he had “known Frank for as long as I can remember” and “he’s been like a brother to me.”

After stating that the “message” of the show was that we “all have a common thread,” Mike concluded: “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.”

‘CUTTING SOMEBODY ELSE DOWN’

Frank, 55, responded to Mike’s statement while talking to The Celeb Report and ranted: “Mike’s statement was bulls***, somebody wrote it out for him.

He said: “[Mike] knew my back was messed up, but he didn’t call me up and ask how I was doing. That’s just how it is.”

“We never were friends in grade school.

“I don’t believe in ten years he’s said five nice things to me, you know? Unless he was cutting somebody else down and we were both laughing.”

Frank also told The Celeb Report that he hasn’t spoken to Mike in the past two years.

Though the exact cause of the tension was not made clear, Frank mentioned: “The show is tilted towards him 1,000 percent. I can’t even bend that far down to show you how much.

“That’s fine. It’s like you’ve got Aerosmith and there’s Steven Tyler and he’s the front man. I found my spot, I’m second and he’s number one on the show. That’s no problem with me, maybe he does have a problem.”

Frank has not appeared on American Pickers since a March 2020 episode due to his grueling back surgery, which left him with about 185 stitches and two rods in his spine. 

During Frank’s time off from the show, he had entered rehab for alcohol abuse and is about 11 months sober.