Joey Lawrence and Samantha Cope
Courtesy of Samantha Cope/InstagramJoey Laurens And Samantha Cope are back together again!
Lawrence, 48, took to Instagram on Wednesday, December 4, and shared it two romantic photos of himself and his estranged wife — nearly five months after Cope, 37, filed for divorce the actor.
In one snapshot, Lawrence and Cope smile at an event for their new holiday film, Getting married at Christmaswhere they play an engaged couple getting married on Christmas Day. In another photo they are seen kissing.
“I am beyond grateful 🤍I am beyond blessed🤍I am galaxies beyond grateful 🤍 My heart is so full ❤️,Lawrence captioned his post.
Joey Lawrence details his ongoing split from estranged wife Samantha Cope and says their relationship was far from perfect. “I try to protect my children at all costs and what has happened lately is not okay,” Lawrence, 48, said during the Friday, August 30 episode of his “Brotherly Love” podcast. “This has been a multi-faceted journey […]
Earlier this year, We weekly confirmed that Cope filed to end her marriage to Lawrence on Wednesday, August 21, two months after their stated divorce date. Per court documents obtained by Us At the time, Cope requested sole physical custody of their 22-month-old daughter, Dylan, and stated that she would approve of Lawrence staying with Dylan for up to two nights a week after she turned three. Cope also blocked the court’s ability to award spousal support.
But on October 8, she amended her divorce petition to ask the court for joint legal custody, although she still sought sole physical custody of Dylan.
Lawrence moved on with Cope after his divorce from his ex-wife Chandie Yawn Nelson in July 2020. The couple met on the set of Lifetime’s My husband’s secret brother.
“So we met there and out of the blue, you know, it’s been a crazy year and a half for everyone, obviously for the whole world,” Lawrence said exclusively Us in 2021, referring to the coronavirus pandemic. ‘Then when you least expect it [it]amazing things are happening and meeting her is truly the best thing ever.
Samantha Cope spoke out after her estranged husband, Joey Lawrence, claimed his eldest two daughters were not “accepted” by her. “As a mother who values her daughter above all else, I find these false allegations deeply disturbing,” Cope, 37, told Us Weekly in a statement on Thursday, August 29. “I am confident that the truth is known. […]
In August 2021, Us exclusively broke the news that Lawrence and Cope were engaged, after which Joey took to social media to talk about their relationship.
“We are beyond excited to see what the future has in store for us and to know that we will grow old and super wrinkled together is the ultimate blessing,” he wrote at the time.
Lawrence and Cope wed in May 2022. Months later, Lawrence revealed that they were expecting their first child. (Lawrence also shares daughters Charleston, 18, and Liberty, 14, with Yawn-Nelson, to whom he was married for more than a decade.)
“The blessings just keep coming. Proud of you honey! 🖤,” Lawrence captioned an Instagram photo of himself cradling Cope’s baby bump in September 2022.