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,” she told People in a statement on Thursday, December 5. “As far as Joey and Sam reuniting and reconciling, it came as a surprise to me as everyone else, and if it’s true, I wish them all the love.”
Alves added: “I wish them restoration with the relationship with his two older daughters and his wife as that relationship is ever so important. And now their sweet girl, Dylan, gets to be raised in a home with both of her parents, surrounded by her sisters, her wonderful and loving grandmother Donna, and the rest of her family and that’s truly beautiful.”
Alves got close with Lawrence while filming Socked in for Christmas, but previously denied having an affair with him. She claimed in an August Instagram statement that she had “no sexual relationship” with Lawrence while filming. “Our relationship was a meaningful friendship,” she alleged.
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Joey Lawrence and Samantha Cope are back together!
Lawrence, 48, took to Instagram on Wednesday, December 4, and shared two romantic photos of himself and his estranged wife — almost five months after Cope, 37, filed to divorce the actor.
In one snapshot, Lawrence and Cope smile at an event for their new holiday film, Marry Christmas, where they play an engaged couple set to wed on Christmas Day. Another snap shows them kissing.
“I am beyond grateful 
I am beyond blessedI am galaxies beyond thankful My heart is so full 
,” Lawrence captioned his post.
Joey Lawrence Hints ‘Multifaceted’ Samantha Cope Marriage Caused ‘Pain’
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 22-month-old daughter, Dylan, 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.
But on October 8, she amended her divorce petition to ask the court for joint legal custody, though she still sought sole physical custody of Dylan.
Lawrence moved on with Cope after his split from ex-wife Chandie Yawn-Nelson in July 2020. The pair met on the set of Lifetime’s My Husband’s Secret Brother.
“So we met there and out of nowhere, you know, it was a crazy year and a half for everybody, obviously the whole world,” Lawrence exclusively told Us in 2021, referring to the coronavirus pandemic. “Then when you least expect [it], amazing things happen and meeting her has just been really the greatest thing ever.”
Samantha Cope Claps Back at Joey Lawrence’s ‘Deeply Troubling’ Claims
In August 2021, Us exclusively broke the news that Lawrence and Cope were engaged, with Joey subsequently taking to social media to gush about their relationship.
“We are beyond excited to see what the future holds for us and to know we will grow old and super wrinkly together is the ultimate blessing,” he wrote at the time.
Lawrence and Cope wed in May 2022. Months later, Lawrence revealed they were expecting their first baby. (Lawrence also shares daughters Charleston, 18, and Liberty, 14, with Yawn-Nelson, whom he was married to for more than a decade.)
“The blessings just keep on coming. Proud of you babe! 
,” Lawrence captioned an Instagram photo of himself cradling Cope’s baby bump in September 2022.
