Joey Lawrence and Wife Samantha Cope Expecting Baby No. 2 After Reconciliation

Plus, the Marry Christmas actress revealed the sex of baby No. 2, gushing over how excited she is to welcome “our first boy.”

Samantha and Joey’s new chapter comes after weathering a difficult year together. Indeed,  Samantha, 38, filed for divorce in August 2024 citing "irreconcilable differences" and requesting full physical custody and shared legal custody of Dylan. However, four months later, the pair hard-launched their reconciliation.

And earlier this year, Joey shared insight into why they ultimately decided not to break up and instead work through their rocky patch. 

“I think it's too easy,” he told E! News in July. “As much as you don't want to take an easy way out, or you think this will be the fix—it's not always the case. 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.’”

“Things take a lot of work and a lot of dedication and reworking and retooling,” Joey continued. “That's life, though. As brothers, with your parents, with friends, in business, that's it. Everything takes so much work. Whatever it is, just don't give up, because you never know.”

While Joey and Samantha announced her pregnancy at the Dancing With the Stars celebration, they weren’t the only celebs to dance their way onto the red carpet. Read on to see who else attended the show.