Joey Lawrence is opening up about beginning a new chapter amid his divorce from Samantha Co on the August 30th episode of his podcast the Brotherly Love pod the Melissa and Joey Alum 48 discussed how he is navigating life after after cop filed for divorce on August 20 in allegations surface that he had an affair with his sock Den for Christmas co-star Molina Alves I tried to protect my children at all costs and what's happened lately is not okay Lawrence explained this has been a multi faed Journey these four or 5 years actually there was a lot of pain in that Journey despite public perception and what it looks like on social despite the challenges Lawrence shared that he hopes to now focus on family as he navigates the next step in his life life will move on and we will move through this and my children will be at the Forefront he said of 19-month-old daughter Dylan whom he shares with cope and his children from his second marriage to ex-wife chandan Nelson char 18 and Liberty 14 I have always and will always be the best dad I can possibly be and I will take care of my girls until the day I die and I will cherish them and honor them and do my best by them he added I'm not perfect but I will do my best by them for sure just try to understand that it's such a private journey and we're just going to do the best we can he continued on the podcast and I'll make sure that the best is done by Daughter Dylan obviously like I have for daughters Charlie and Libby that's the most important thing one day before the podcast was released cop 37 shared a statement with people 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 Instagram as a mother who values her daughter above all else I find these false accusations deeply troubling cope shared in the statement I am confident that the truth is known to me to Joey and to God once they split things got exponentially better between him and his ex-wife and their girls The Source said of Lawrence Joey's strong and strong in his faith so he's trying to take it all in stride but he is very disappointed and upset at how all of this has turned out