Joey Lawrence says it was "too easy" for him and wife Samantha Cope to split, which is why they spent time reconciling their romance. "As much you don't want to take an easy way out, or you think this will be the fix - it's not always the case," Lawrence, 49, told E! News in an interview published on Wednesday, July 23. "I just didn't want to do that, and she didn't either. It's like, 'Wait a minute. There's something so special here.'" Us Weekly confirmed in August 2024 that Cope, 38, filed for divorce from Lawrence after two years of marriage.