The Untold Truth Of Mike Wolfe's Ex-Wife

Fans of "American Pickers" know that Mike Wolfe spends his time crossing the country to track down interesting antiques and collectible items that he can either keep for himself as a part of his personal collection or resell for profit. When he wasn't on the road, Wolfe used to spend his downtime at home with his wife, Jodi Faeth, and their daughter, Charlie. Sadly, Wolfe's divorce from Faeth is just one of a few tragic blows the History Channel star has been dealt, along with the death of his co-star Frank Fritz and reports that his show's ratings have started to plummet. Faeth and Wolfe's marriage was also marked by misfortune. 

During happier times, Faeth held down the fort while Wolfe was busy with his trinket and treasure hunting business, as well as his reality TV gig. She waited a whopping 18 years for Wolfe to put a ring on it while they dated, with the couple tying the knot in 2012. Faeth had been married before and has an adult son named Kyle from that union. She and Wolfe moved into a fixer-upper in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee, and Wolfe told Nashville Lifestyles that the kitchen became Faeth's personal renovation project. According to American Rider, she's a collector of bygone artifacts, too, with some of her items of interest being furniture and old advertisements. 

Seven months before Faeth and Wolfe got married, they welcomed their daughter Charlie. She was born with a cleft palate and lip, which required reconstructive surgery. "We cried when we found out," Mike told Isabel Bloom. "But Charlie had excellent surgical care and is happy and healthy today." Their family's experience inspired them to get involved with the Operation Smile charity. In the ensuing years, Faeth ended up facing her own health battle.

While Mike Wolfe and Jodi Faeth were pretty private when it came to their relationship, they decided to go public with a health-related struggle that Faeth went up against. In September 2013, she was diagnosed with stage 2 Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma. While opening up about her diagnosis, she also shared a few rare personal details. "Believe it or not even vegan, exercising, juicing mama's get cancer," Faeth told The Glow (via the Daily Mail). "I was the last one to expect it. Life was everything I could possibly dream of then bam..."

While the diagnosis was surely scary and the treatment likely daunting, Faeth had Wolfe by her side the entire time. Indeed, on May 28, 2020, he took to Instagram to post a since-deleted photo of her and their daughter, Charlie, along with a caption that shared an encouraging update about Faeth's condition. "6 years cancer free today!!" he wrote, obviously thrilled about how his then-spouse was doing at the time. And when it came to what he thought about her, he made that perfectly clear as well by adding the hashtag "#powermama." But their "power" couple status wouldn't last.

Sadly, unlike the antiques and artifacts highlighted on "American Pickers," Mike Wolfe and Jodi Faeth's union would not stand the test of time. In November 2020, Faeth filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences" as the cause and listing their initial separation date as June 2020. A year later, her ex was dating again — and Wolfe's new girlfriend, Leticia Cline, had a lot to say about bullies. 

Court documents (obtained by People) noted that Faeth "would further show that all hopes of reconciliation are exhausted" and also declared that the couple was "unable to successfully live together." Faeth went on to ask the court to divide their assets equally. As for the couple's shared daughter, Charlie, the docs noted that Faeth had "not participated in any other litigation concerning the custody."

In the end, Faeth walked away from the marriage in December 2021 with the couple's Nashville, Tennessee, home, their North Carolina property, $5,228,878.73 in cash for their marital estate as well as $634,000 in alimony, a percentage of royalties from "American Pickers," and $2,100 per month in child support, as outlined in the official divorce settlement (obtained by The U.S. Sun). That's a lot of moolah, but Wolfe is worth enough that it shouldn't affect his lifestyle too much. Jodi was also awarded 230.5 days each year with their daughter, Charlie, ultimately giving her primary custody.