Joey Lawrence said it was “too easy” for him and his wife Samantha Cope To separate is why they spent time reconciling their romance.
“Also, you do not want to take an easy way to go out, or you think it will be the corrective – that is not always the case,” said Lawrence, 49 years old AND! News In an interview published on Wednesday, July 23. “I just didn’t want to do that, and she didn’t do it either. It’s like” wait a minute. There is something so special here. “”
US Weekly confirmed in August 2024 that COPE, 38 years old, file a divorce from Lawrence After two years of marriage. Documents revealed that they had separated two months before.
In December 2024, it seemed that they had reconciled when the couple Shared romantic photos each other on Instagram. This same month, We confirmed that COPE had deposited to reject his divorce petition.
“Things are taking a lot of work and a lot of dedication and reworking and re -touting,” continued Lawrence during the interview on Wednesday. “It’s life, however. As a brothers, with your parents, with friends, in business, that’s all. Everything takes so much work. Anyway, don’t give up, because you never know.”
Lawrence and Cope began their “from nowhere” relationship, after working together on a film for life, he said We exclusively in 2021. (Lawrence was previously married to Michelle Vella from 2002 to 2005. He left with Chandie Yawn-Lesonthat he married in 2005. They separated in 2020, and their divorce was finalized two years later.)

“It was a crazy year and a half for everyone, obviously the whole world,” added the actor, referring to the Pandemic Covid-19. “Then when you expect the least [it]Incredible things happen and meeting her has really been the greatest thing for all time. »»
We announced the news in August 2021 that Lawrence and Cope were engaged. They married in May 2022. In September of the same year, the couple was waiting for their first child together. The daughter of Lawrence and COPE, Dylan Rose, was born in January 2023. (Lawrence is also father of daughters Charleston, 19, and Liberty, 15, whom he shares with ex-wife Yawn-Lelson.)
Lawrence has nicknamed a “hopeless romantic” During an interview in March 2024 with We, While discussing his love life. The actor said that it was why he had “married a billion times” over the years.
“It’s just about trying to be happy,” added Lawrence. “You must be with the right person.”