Beyond clarifying why he had left the show, that same interview provided the first public glimpse into the fractures in Frank and Mike's working relationship. He told The Sun that "The show is tilted toward him [Mike] 1,000 percent. I can't even bend that far down to show you how much."
On top of that, he added that he and Mike hadn't spoken in two years and that Mike had never contacted him to check on him after surgery.
When the History Channel announced that Frank would no longer be on the show, Mike released a statement about the decision. At the time, he said, "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."
In another interview with The Sun, Frank slammed Mike for releasing the statement that way and called him out for lying.
"Mike’s statement was bulls--t," he said. "Somebody wrote it out for him. 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." Yikes.
