The Lawrence Brothers Reveal One Way Their Parents Kept Them Humble Amid Child Stardom

The Lawrence brothers brought a big family reunion moment to the 90s Con in Daytona.

On Friday, September 13, Joey, Matthew and Andrew Lawrence reunited for a panel moderated by PEOPLE’s Dory Jackson, where they discussed their close relationship and their former sitcom, Brotherly love.

Speaking of growing up in the spotlight – where Joey performed The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson when he was just 6 years old — the brothers attributed their stability to the “family unit.”

“Our parents are great,” Joey said. “Grandparents were with us a lot and we really had a big group that was constantly traveling and being isolated and working at work. Work was primarily a hobby, treated like baseball on a road trip or a sport for a lot of kids. It was never a life .”

Joey continued how his mom maintained a sense of normalcy for the trio.

“She enrolled me in my private school in Philly. When Andy was born, she took Matt and I out of work for three years,” he continued. “It was always a hobby, never our lives. Our life that we lived. That perspective really kept our perspective right so that successes and failures never predicted our success and failure as a human being. We had them, but it never had to deal with with work. That was the most important thing in our ability to navigate.”

To that end, despite their fame, Matthew and Joey actually shared a room until the latter turned 16 – complete with bunk beds.

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Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence and Andrew Lawrence at 90s Con 2024.

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“I think Joe had had enough when I convinced my mom to get a dog and the dog was in the room sleeping with me,” Matthew said with a laugh.

“There were other things,” Joey added. “I was 16! I should have had some space.”

Brotherly love featured a trio playing the fictional Roman brothers. In the series, the eldest brother of the family returns to help run the family business after his father’s death. It premiered on NBC in 1995, where it ran for one season, before moving to The WB (now The CW) for its final season.

Despite their short duration, the real-life siblings’ star continued to rise after that — and they recently reunited to host Brotherly love podcast, which launched last year.

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Andrew Lawrence, Joey Lawrence and Matthew Lawrence in 2017.

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Before starring in the sitcom with his younger brothers, Joey, now 48, starred in Flowerand after that, his own show with Melissa Joan Hart, Melissa & Joey.

In the weeks leading up to his appearance at Con 90s, he and his wife, Samantha Cope, had separated, and the actress filed for divorce on August 20, though she listed June 7 as the separation date.

A few days later, he responded to the infidelity “allegations” he was facing in a statement on Instagram, strongly denying claims he had an affair with his For Christmas Costar Melina Alves called his marriage to Cope (37) “deeply problematic.”

“I clung to the hope that I could save a relationship that, in my heart, I knew was impossible to save. My short-lived marriage was fraught with difficulties from the start. Our differences became insurmountable.”

He then claimed that his older two daughters, Charleston, 18, and Liberty, 14, who he shares with ex-wife Chandie Yawn-Nelson, would not “accept” Cope as “part of my family”, and said the realization “played a significant role in the breakup of my relationship”.

She responded to his statement, saying in her own statement shared with PEOPLE, “As a mother who values ​​her daughter above all else, I find these false allegations deeply troubling. I am confident that the truth is known to me, Joey and God.”

90s Con marked Joey’s first public appearance since his divorce.

As for his brothers, Matthew, now 44, has continued to act Mrs. Doubtfire and A boy meets the world as Rider Strong’s movie brother, Jack Hunter.

Like Joey, Matthew also went through a recent divorce, having divorced Dancing with the stars‘ Cheryl Burke in 2022 after three years of marriage. He is now dating TLC’s Rozonda “Chili” Thomas.

The youngest of the brothers, Andrew, now 36, also dabbled in acting like his older brothers, starring in Hawaii Five-O and the Disney Channel Recess, among other works.

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Matthew Lawrence, Andrew Lawrence and Joey Lawrence as children.

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In 2022, Joey spoke with PEOPLE about his family’s lasting fame and said he looks back on their Brotherly love given “with love”.

“Those fans are still there. They’re only in their mid-30s now,” he said. “It’s been a crazy trajectory. You go through ups and downs, but 41 years later and I have these opportunities and I still have a lot of room to grow and a lot of things I have yet to accomplish, and I’m really driven to get there.”

90s Con Florida runs through Sunday, September 15th at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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