Joey Lawrence and Samantha Cope Courtesy of Joey Lawrence/Instagram
Joey Lawrence and wife Samantha Cope appear to be happier than ever after a rocky few months.
The actor, 48, gushed over his wife via an Instagram Story posted on Thursday, December 26.
“I am the luckiest husband alive,” Lawrence wrote as he shared a fan’s Instagram Story that featured an image of Cope starring in Marry Christmas. (Lawrence costars with Cope in the newly released Christmas movie.)
Lawrence added the hashtag, “Mywifeisbeautiful.”
The same day, Lawrence and Cope, 37, shared a series of photos of themselves looking loved-up on a beach via a joint Instagram post.
“‘Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.’ – Mary Oliver,” the post was captioned.
Lawrence doubled down on his earlier sentiment, commenting on the post, “I am the luckiest man alive 🤍✨”
The pair confirmed they had reconciled via posts shared via social media in December 2024 – five months after Cope filed for divorce from Lawrence. Us confirmed earlier this month that Cope has since filed to dismiss her divorce petition.
Lawrence shared two romantic photos of himself and his estranged wife promoting their film Marry Christmas via Instagram on Wednesday, December 4. One photo showed the twosome kissing.
“I am beyond grateful 🤍I am beyond blessed🤍I am galaxies beyond thankful 🤍 My heart is so full ❤️,” Lawrence wrote alongside the images.
Samantha Cope and Joey Lawrence Courtesy of Joey Lawrence/Instagram
It comes after Lawrence and Cope called it quits earlier this year. Us Weekly confirmed that Cope filed to end her marriage to Lawrence on Wednesday, August 21, two months after their listed date of separation. Per court documents obtained by Us at the time, Cope requested sole physical custody of their daughter Dylan, who turns 2 in January, and stated that she would approve Lawrence staying with Dylan for up to two nights per week after she turned 3. Cope also blocked the court’s ability to award spousal support.
However, on October 8, Cope amended her divorce petition to ask the court for joint legal custody, though she still sought sole physical custody of Dylan.
As well as Dylan, Lawrence also shares daughters Charleston, 18, and Liberty, 14, with ex-wife Chandie Yawn-Nelson. Lawrence and Yawn-Nelson were married from 2002 to 2020.
Lawrence moved on with Cope, who he met on the set of Lifetime’s My Husband’s Secret Brother and they eventually tied the knot in Temecula, California in 2022. Their split was made public in August, when Cope filed for divorce.
UPDATE: 12/5/24 at 7:11 p.m. ET. Lawrence’s Socked in for Christmas costar Melina Alves — who previously denied having an affair with Lawrence during his marriage to Cope — weighed in on the couple’s reconciliation. “While these situations are always multifaceted, I’d like to keep the details of it and my friendship with Joey private,” […]
Lawrence was accused of infidelity with his Socked in for Christmas costar Melina Alves, which they both denied.
In an Instagram statement shared via Instagram, Joey cited the breakdown of his marriage to Cope allegedly refusing to accept Charleston and Liberty. Cope has refuted the claims.
Lawrence also shared during an August episode of his podcast “Brotherly Love” that he believed he may have moved on too quickly from Yawn-Nelson to Cope, which may have contributed to the split.
“I loved the idea of relationships so much that, even in a weakened state, fell into a committed relationship [but] I wasn’t ready for that,” Joey explained. “The ideologies there did not line up and, therefore, I gave away and compromised my own personal beliefs that I had lived by my whole life.”
