Joey Lawrence’s estranged wife Samantha Cope finally spoke out after filing to end their two-year marriage earlier this week.
On Saturday, the 37-year-old actress took to Instagram to share an emotional post with her followers, showing clips of her breaking down in tears while sitting outside or in her car. Oof. It was not all sad, though. Samantha shared some adorable footage of her and her daughter, Dylan Rose, too. She wrote alongside the video:
“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 also reminded me: ‘the more you cry, the less you pee.’ So let them flow. You got this.”
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Unfortunately, there is a big reason for Samantha’s — and it’s not just because of her divorce from Joey. It’s also the alleged reason behind it! We learned this week that the 48-year-old actor allegedly cheated on her with his co-star, Melina Alves, from the upcoming film Socked In For Christmas. According to TMZ, her husband, Edward Rider, accused her of having an extramarital affair with Joey in divorce documents he filed in July. He allegedly found out about their affair in late March. He claimed the cheating happened “at various other times and places.”
As for Samantha? She has not publicly addressed the alleged infidelity. However, we finally got more insight into her side of the story. A source close to the former couple told People on Friday that Samantha found out about Joey’s relationship with Melina at some point — and he CONTINUED to see his mistress afterward! What! They explained:
“Joey met Melina Alves on the set of their movie, where she was a producer. He then love-bombed her just like he love-bombed Samantha. He continued to date Melina even after Samantha found out about it and confronted him.”
The source said Samantha “wanted to go to counseling.” However, Joey allegedly “fooled their counselor” and would “get ready for dates with Melina while Sam watched, bawling her eyes out.” OMG! That is just so cruel of him! It is no wonder the breakup appears to have hit Samantha hard!
At this time, Joey still has not addressed the affair allegations. But boy, does he have a lot of explaining to do! This is not a good look for him! Reactions to the shocking new details, Perezcious readers? Sound OFF (below)!
[Image via Joey Lawrence/Samantha Cope/Melina Alves/Instagram]