Blake Horstmannhas madea few enemiesinParadise, butKristina Schulmanisn’t one of them.

Schulman, 26, defended her decision on Twitter as the episode aired.

“I have a big heart what can I say. EVERYONE DESERVES LOVE,” she wrote. “In baseball, curve ball is my favorite #bachelorinparadise.”

On the show, Schulman said that in keeping Horstmann around, he’d be subjected to his “personal hell” — watching hismain love interest,Hannah Godwin,hit it offwith Dylan Barbour. But onTwitter, Schulman clarified that her intentions weren’t malicious.

“Ultimately, I care about people,” she wrote. “Blake and I have been friends for the past year, yes I give him s— and he’s very well aware but he came on the show to find love & I believed he deserved to stay.”

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On Tuesday morning, Schulman followed up with a lengthy statement, admitting she was “in shock” over how much “hate mail” she got after the episode.

“I wasn’t sure if people messaged me because they hated my actions or simply because they hated [Blake] and projected it onto me,” she wrote. “Either way, we, as contestants on this show opened up our lives, our hearts, and minds for your enjoyment (and criticism) but death threats because you don’t like someone is just UNACCEPTABLE.”

Bachelor in Paradiseairs Mondays and Tuesdays (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.

source: people.com