Joey Lawrencecan now look back and laugh at an intense incident from his childhood.In an exclusive preview of the newBrotherly Lovepodcast, the 46-year-old actor recalls coming to his mother Donna’s defense as a 5-year-old when she was mugged in New York City in 1981 while helping him pursue his dream of stardom.“We get off [at] the train station and we’re trying to hail a cab,” he tellshis brothersand co-hostsMatthewandAndy Lawrence. “You know, 5 years old and mom, God bless her, was all dressed up for my auditions. She had on a navy blue blazer. She had a little brooch with two gold pins with her sons on them.“According to Lawrence, a man approached the mother and son after they had ben in the big city “for three seconds, like, ‘Welcome to New York.'“He recalls, “He picks mom up because she is not a very big person. She is 5 feet [tall]. Picks her up, rips the brooch. I’m standing right in front of her, I’ll never forget it. I mean, again, I was 5 — but I remember it like it was yesterday.“Kelsey McNeal/Disney General Entertainment Content via GettyTheBlossomalum says the man ripped his mother’s jewelry “right off her lapel” and then picked her up and threw her in “one of those big trash cans that are on the corner.““And apparently I went nuts,” he says. “Mom told me — I don’t remember this part — I must have chased the guy halfway down the block, going, like, ‘You’re not throwing my mom in a trash can!'“Joey Lawrence/InstagramIn November, Joey opened up to PEOPLE aboutworking with his brothersahead of the launch of the new podcast.“We have been working together more and more last few years,” he shared at the time. “We did a Christmas movie for Amazon calledMistletoe Mixupand we’re shooting a sequel to that right now, which will be out next Christmas for Amazon. We took a little break from doing that.“He added, “And now, as grown men we’re like, ‘Let’s do this. Let’s have some fun.’ It just felt like the right time. I think the fans have really been driving it.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The Lawrences’Brotherly Lovepodcast drops Friday morning at 3 a.m. ET, with a video version to follow at 9 a.m. ET on YouTube.
Joey Lawrencecan now look back and laugh at an intense incident from his childhood.
In an exclusive preview of the newBrotherly Lovepodcast, the 46-year-old actor recalls coming to his mother Donna’s defense as a 5-year-old when she was mugged in New York City in 1981 while helping him pursue his dream of stardom.
“We get off [at] the train station and we’re trying to hail a cab,” he tellshis brothersand co-hostsMatthewandAndy Lawrence. “You know, 5 years old and mom, God bless her, was all dressed up for my auditions. She had on a navy blue blazer. She had a little brooch with two gold pins with her sons on them.”
According to Lawrence, a man approached the mother and son after they had ben in the big city “for three seconds, like, ‘Welcome to New York.'”
He recalls, “He picks mom up because she is not a very big person. She is 5 feet [tall]. Picks her up, rips the brooch. I’m standing right in front of her, I’ll never forget it. I mean, again, I was 5 — but I remember it like it was yesterday.”
Kelsey McNeal/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
TheBlossomalum says the man ripped his mother’s jewelry “right off her lapel” and then picked her up and threw her in “one of those big trash cans that are on the corner.”
“And apparently I went nuts,” he says. “Mom told me — I don’t remember this part — I must have chased the guy halfway down the block, going, like, ‘You’re not throwing my mom in a trash can!'”
Joey Lawrence/Instagram
In November, Joey opened up to PEOPLE aboutworking with his brothersahead of the launch of the new podcast.
“We have been working together more and more last few years,” he shared at the time. “We did a Christmas movie for Amazon calledMistletoe Mixupand we’re shooting a sequel to that right now, which will be out next Christmas for Amazon. We took a little break from doing that.”
He added, “And now, as grown men we’re like, ‘Let’s do this. Let’s have some fun.’ It just felt like the right time. I think the fans have really been driving it.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
The Lawrences’Brotherly Lovepodcast drops Friday morning at 3 a.m. ET, with a video version to follow at 9 a.m. ET on YouTube.
source: people.com
