Key Takeaways
- Joey Lawrence’s recent marriage ended in divorce due to rumors of infidelity with his co-star.
- Samantha Cope shared her pain on Instagram, receiving support and praise for her strength.
- Joey Lawrence admitted that his relationship with Samantha was unexpected, never dating a co-worker before.
Joey Lawrence has been married three times (and his relationships have made headlines before). His recent marriage was in 2022, when he and actress Samantha Cope wed. The married bliss did not last long because Samantha recently filed for divorce (and listed the date of separation as June 2024), and there has been speculation about what went wrong. This includes reports that Joey was unfaithful and had an affair with his co-star, Melina Alves whom he acts alongside in the upcoming film, Socked In For Christmas.
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Melina’s estranged husband, Edward Rider, made these claims in divorce documents obtained by TMZ. Their divorce was filed just weeks before Samantha filed divorce documents. Although Samantha has not addressed these allegations, she has shared her pain with fans in an inspiring yet heartbreaking Instagram post.
Samantha Cope Shares Her Pain With Fans
On Saturday, Samantha Cope shared a video on Instagram. She can be seen smiling in several clips but also wiping away tears in others. She shared her thoughts in the caption: “An amazing friend of mine recently told me ‘don’t be afraid of the tears. Let them flow. Because every tear is God gently squeezing the pain and devastation from your heart to make room for new beautiful feelings to come in,'” she wrote. “She also reminded me: ‘the more you cry, the less you pee.’ So let them flow. You got this.”
Fans have praised her vulnerability as she tries to find the silver lining in an unimaginably difficult situation. It is also clear people are taking sides. “I so sorry, you don’t deserve this. I listened to him say he wanted to be a good role model for his brothers, he can’t even stay faithful,” a fan wrote. “I have Alway loved him I grew up watching his shows but what he did to you just boils me. Im no longer a fan of his.”
“Thank you for being a public example of a narcissism survivor,” another fan shared. “I know that word gets a lot of use these days, and that’s bc we are all becoming more aware of these sick individuals. From one narcissism survivor to another — complete with marital infidelity for me too — we are doing the work to recover and make sure it doesn’t happen to us again.”
Other comments include “I’m so sorry I’m so shocked he did this to you you did not deserve this and either did your daughter prayers to you hang in there so disappointed in him not cool,” and “May the tears you cry in 2024 water the seeds you’re planting in 2025.”
What Has Joey Lawrence Said About Marriage?
Joey Lawrence has been open about his life (he even joined Celebrity Big Brother and enjoyed time on the reality TV competition The Masked Singer). He has also given many interviews on various topics, including his marriage.
He and Samantha met on the set of My Husband’s Secret Brother, and in an interview with People, the actor admitted that he found their relationship quite unexpected. He claimed this because he had “never dated somebody” he had worked with.
Joey continued, “That was just very, very much out of the ordinary for me. I’ve never actually gotten into a serious relationship with somebody that I actually worked with, never. It was very unexpected. These wild twists and turns that you get to be our age. You just kind of go, ‘All right, well, I guess that’s what it is.’ You learn to accept the unorthodox way some things just sort of roll out and you’re thankful for — you’re thankful for it, even though it’s not what you expected.”
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Another unexpected thing is the claim that he had an affair. “Joey met Melina Alves on the set of their movie, where she was a producer,” a source told People. “He then love-bombed her just like he love-bombed Samantha. He continued to date Melina even after Samantha found out about it and confronted him.” Samantha reportedly considered counseling, but the source claims Joey “fooled their counselor” and would “get ready for dates with Melina while Sam watched, bawling her eyes out.”
