(L) Joey Lawrence and Samantha Cope.Photo:samantha cope/Instagram
samantha cope/Instagram
Joey LawrenceandSamantha Copearen’t closing the door on second chances.
On their first Christmas as a reunited couple, theBlossomalum, 48, and Cope, 37, shared a jointInstagram postthat featured their romantic beach photo shoot and a saying about being open to the unexpected.
“Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable. Mary Oliver," the quote read in the caption.
Samantha Cope and Joey Lawrence with their daughter Dylan.Joey Lawrence/Instagram
Joey Lawrence/Instagram
The post included photos of the pair embracing and gazing into each other’s eyes on a beach as they shared tender moments on the shore.
“#MyWifeIsBeautiful,” he wrote over the photo. “I am the luckiest husband alive.”
Joey Lawrence posts a photo of Samantha Cope in ‘Marry Christmas’.Joey Lawrence/Instagram
On Dec. 1, Cope signed amotion to dismissthe petition to divorce she filed in August, less than a week after Lawrence revealed that the formerly estranged couple had reunited in a post shared on Instagram.
“I am beyond grateful 🤍I am beyond blessed🤍I am galaxies beyond thankful 🤍 My heart is so full ❤️,” he captioned a picture of the two at the premiere of their movie,Marry Christmas. The post also included a kissing selfie, which he wrote “My forever after” over.
Lawrence and Copegot marriedon May 1, 2022, at the Temecula Creek Inn in Temecula, California, after meeting on the set of Lifetime’sMy Husband’s Secret Brotherin 2021. Shortly after, the two announced they were expecting their first child — Lawrence’s third — in September and welcomed theirdaughter Dylanin January 2023.
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In August 2024, Cope filed for divorce and a source told PEOPLE that the couple split after Lawerence had an alleged affair with hisSocked In For ChristmascostarMelina Alves. At the time, Alves released a statement to her Instagram where she denied having any “sexual relationship” with Lawrence while filming their Christmas movie.
“Our relationship was a meaningful friendship that developed naturally due to the many similarities in our personal situations,” she said in her statement, adding that they bonded over their troubled marriages.
source: people.com
