Samantha cope has opened up about her split from Joey Lawrence in an emotional Instagram video subtly hinting at the difficult times she's been facing the news of their separation follows reports of Lawrence's alleged affair with Molina Alves on August 20th people confirmed the couple's decision to part ways cop and Lawrence first met in 2021 while filming lifetimes my husband's secret brother and got married in May 2022 they welcomed their daughter dter Dylan Rose on January 16th 2023 although cope didn't directly address the divorce in her video it reflects the recent turmoil in her life things seemed perfect until news broke of Joey Lawrence's extramarital affair with Molina Alves prompting Samantha KO to stize with the gim a break star after their split became public cope shared a candid video on Instagram where she finally addressed the situation in the video's caption cope mentioned advice from a close friend who encouraged her not to fear tears but to let them flow as each hair helps to ease internal pain and AIDS in moving forward despite the serious tone of the message cope ended the caption on a surprisingly humorous and positive note showing resilience in the face of the difficult circumstances a wonderful friend recently told me don't fear the tears let them flow every tear is God gently squeezing the pain and Devastation from your heart to make room for new beautiful feelings she also humorously reminded me the more you cry the less you pee so let the tears flow you've got this the caption read the shared video highlighted recent happy moments in Samantha cop's life including time spent with her daughter however these joyful scenes were followed by emotional clips from the past few weeks showing cope crying alone in her car and Outdoors a voiceover in the video offered words of encouragement look at you look how far you've come you faced your trauma and emerged stronger I'm sorry to get emotional but there were times I was really worried about you miss girl but look at you today I'm so proud of you you're a Survivor Baby the video poignantly captures cop's journey through a challenging time Joey Lawrence shocked many when news broke of his romance with Brazilian actress Molina Alves which ultimately led to both of their divorces according to page six Al's husband Edward Ryder also filed for divorce accusing Alves of having an affair with Lawrence Ryder stated in his filing that he became aware of the affair back in March according to a source cited by people Lawrence met Alves on the set of their upcoming film socked in for Christmas where Alves was a producer The Source claimed Joey met Molina on set and quickly love bombed her just as he did with Samantha he continued to date Molina even after Samantha discovered the affair and confronted him the source further revealed that when Samantha suggested counseling Lawrence allegedly manipulated the counselor and would even prepare for dates with Molina while Samantha watched crying according to court documents Samantha cited irreconcilable able differences as the primary reason for their divorce and listed June 7th 2024 as their date of Separation the entire situation highlights the painful unraveling of Lawrence's marriage as a result of his infidelity