[Music] Joey Lawrence is addressing his divorce after rumors swirled that he was in an alleged Affair there's a lot of speculation it's out there Lawrence began to explain on the Brotherly Love podcast what was a private Journey for my family has now unfortunately been made public that makes me very sad for my children the blossom star continued to emotionally open up about his marriage and said he puts his children first I try to protect my children at all costs and what's been going on lately is just not okay he said this has been a multifaceted Journey these last four five years actually there was a lot of pain involved in that Journey despite what it looks like and what the public perception of it is what's going on right now there's so many things that are just not true Lawrence's comments come after he was accused of having an extramarital affair just over a week after his wife Samantha cope filed for divorce he denied the rumors that he had an affair with his co-star Molina Alves while still married to cope Alves also denied the allegations on social media first and foremost I want to clarify that there was no sexual relationship between Joey and myself while we were on set filming socked in for Christmas she said in part on Instagram Alves wrote produced and co-starred with Lawrence in the film after rumors swirled about Lawrence's extramarital affair amid his divorce he admitted that he's attempting to move move forward and look past the allegations life will move on and we will move through this and my children will be at the Forefront Lawrence continued to say on the podcast I have always and will always be the best dad I possibly can be and I will take care of my girls until the day I die I will cherish them and honor them do my best by them he said I'm not perfect but I will do my best by them for sure Lawrence concluded his comments on the podcast and said just try to understand that it's such a private Journey we're just going to do the best we can and I'll make sure that the best is done by Dylan obviously like I have for daughters Charlie and Libby that's the most important thing according to people one day before the podcast was released cope shared a statement with the media Outlet after Lawrence claimed they had a deeply troubled marriage and his daughters Charleston and Liberty were not accepted by the actress in his own statement on in