Here is why 'American Chopper' stars Paul Senior and Junior were in a 10-year feud — and back in combination for Season 12.
Everyone's favorite bike mechanics — Paul Teutul and his son, Pauly Junior — are operating on restoring a 1951 Buick for Season 12 of their hit series, American Chopper. However, getting this father-son duo back in combination has now not been easy.
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"We didn't talk for ten years. That's a long time to really not talk," Junior advised his dad on the Discovery show when they had been operating together on a bike last yr. "I think it's really been a turning point and we've made a lot of progress in our relationship. But we really haven't had a chance to hang out much."
So, what happened between Paul Sr. and Junior?
When American Choppers premiered in 2003, the display focused at the Teutuls, who labored in combination at their shop, Orange County Choppers, in upstate New York. The father-son staff used to be identified for their conflicting styles and have been steadily caught combating on cameras. However, in 2008 an explosive argument led to Paul Jr.'s termination — which precipitated him to open a competing store named Paul Jr. Designs.
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It all happened when Junior was late to paintings one too repeatedly. "It's been one thing after another with him, and I'm not going to let him get away with this s--t anymore," Paul Sr. said earlier than confronting his son. "You know, I'm so f--king fed up with this babysitting you. It's a f--king quarter to 8. Everybody is in here at 7 o'clock and you come walking in at quarter to 8. When the f--k is it going to stop?"
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Junior went directly to shield himself, telling his dad, "I don't really give a s--t because at the end of the day, you know what matters, everything gets done around here. Every bike that needs to get built gets done, everybody's working at all times, and you know what... we're partners. If I wasn't involved here, this place would go to s--t. It would burn to the ground."
After throwing a chair in his father's place of business, Paul Sr. fired his son in front of all their staff. Paul Sr. even went as a long way to sue his son to acquire his 20 % hobby in Orange County Choppers — a lawsuit he ended up shedding.
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American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior
Following their break up, the reality collection used to be canceled, but it surely wasn't long till a spin-off, American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior, used to be green-lighted in 2010. "This road that we're on is only going to lead to one place. All this passion and pride brought us together. And drove us apart," Paul Sr. and Jr. mentioned within the intro. "It only makes sense that this ends where it started. With the build."
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However, that sequence was once short-lived and canceled in 2012. In the following years, the men rarely spoke and Junior, 44, went on to put in writing a memoir, where he known as his dad "somewhat of a monster."
It wasn't till 2018 that they had been in any case put their distinction aside and work on their dating. "We sat down and talked about it. Listen, stuff happens: People have their own way, what they believe and how they perceive it, and he perceived it one way and I [perceived it] another way." Paul Sr., 69, advised The New York Post. "So who wins that argument? Nobody."
Paul Sr. and Junior have no plans to work together once more — in the same store.
While they are going to staff up for the occasional undertaking — like the 1951 Buick mentioned above — they learned their lesson on the subject of working in the similar storage.
"I think we’re both better off in our own businesses. If somebody needs some help, we can help each other. We want to have fun. The most important thing to our fans, I believe, is the family," Paul Sr. explained. "They’ve been asking for the family to get back together forever on my Instagram and on social media. The family is back together. On what level? It’s a different level now. Everything changes. People change. [Pauly] has a 3-year-old son now. I’m older. He’s older. The bottom line is that we do love each other and we’re able to do things together as long as they’re not work-related. I can’t emphasize that enough."
Watch the father-son duo on American Chopper Tuesdays at 10 p.m. on Discovery.
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