The former couple is separating two years after tying the knot Samantha Cope/Instagram; Joey Lawrence/Instagram is speaking out for the first time following her from . On Saturday, Aug. 24, the 37-year-old actress shared her first following the news that she and the actor, 48, are splitting two years after tying the knot.
“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 began the caption of her post.
“She also reminded me: ‘the more you cry, the less you pee,’ ” Cope jokingly added. “So let them flow. You got this.
🩵🙏🏻.” Alongside her caption, Cope included a video composed of a series of clips that highlighted recent good times, including one of herself and her daughter, , 1, in the car, and another of the mother-daughter pair having a lakeside outing. She also included moments of them dancing around their house, going out for ice cream and having lunch together.
Related: Cope also shared a glimpse into more emotional times she had over the past few weeks, including clips in which she could be seen shedding tears in her car and outdoors. “Look at you, look how far you’ve come,” a voiceover narrated the video. “You’ve faced your trauma, and you came out on the other side.
And I’m sorry to get a little emotional. But there were some times there that I was really worried about you, miss girl. But look at you today.
I am so proud of you. You’re a survivor baby.” PEOPLE confirmed on Wednesday, Aug.
20, that Lawrence and Cope — who met while filming Lifetime's in 2021, before tying the knot in May 2022 — were Following the news, a source close to the former couple revealed that the pair went their separate ways after Lawrence , a writer and costar on his upcoming film, . "Joey met Melina Alves on the set of their movie, where she was a producer," the source claimed. "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 Cope/Instagram Related: When Cope "wanted to go to counseling," the source claims, Lawrence "fooled their counselor" and would "get ready for dates with Melina while Sam watched, bawling her eyes out." Lawrence, Cope, Alves did not return recent requests for comment from PEOPLE.
According to Lawrence and Cope’s divorce filing, which was obtained by PEOPLE, the actress cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for their split and submitted the paperwork on Aug. 13 — two months after their date of separation, which was listed as June 7. She requested to block the court's ability to award either side spousal support and is seeking full physical custody of their daughter Dylan, while permitting Lawrence visitation at her discretion.
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