Joey Lawrence's wife Samantha cope breaks silence amid divorce Samantha cope is opening up following the end of her relationship with Joey Lawrence on Saturday August 24th the actress 37 shared her first social media post following the news that she and the Melissa and Joey actor 48 are splitting 2 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 wrote in the caption of her Instagram post which featured a montage of emotional Clips she also shared some humorous advice her friend gave her the more you cry the less you pee before concluding so let them flow you got this one of the clips showed Samantha and her daughter Dylan Rose one in the car and another depicted the motherdaughter pair enjoying a Lakeside outing look at you look how far you've come a voice over narrated the video you faced your trauma and you came out on the other side and I'm sorry to get a little emotional but there were times I was really worried about you miss girl but look at you today I am so proud of you you're a Survivor baby