Bachelor Jordan Mauger and his family have been verbally abused and sent threats since he dumped winner Fleur Verhoeven.
In a statement, Verhoeven said she was "physically ill" by how badly Mauger and his family had been treated.
"Can we for one moment step back and think, maybe the way Jordan has been portrayed over the last few days isn't completely accurate. Maybe what we see and hear isn't always 100 per cent true?!"
Last night Mauger thanked his friends for sticking beside him as he faced intense public backlash following his break-up with Verhoeven.