Val Chmerkovskiy defends relationship with Amber Rose as his fans post vile comments

Val Chmerkovskiy has found himself having to defend his relationship with Amber Rose.

Just hours after the 33-year-old model shared a snap of them kissing and the 30-year-old dancer shared another sweet image on Wednesday, the couple found themselves besieged by hateful messages.

Commenter after commenter branded the model a 'w***e' and made reference to her brief time as a stripper when she was a teen, while other comments had a distinct racist undertone.

Amber's picture also received many disgusting comments and it was too much for Val.

In a series of now deleted tweets, the dancer told his fans to back down.

According to People, the tweets read in part 'not surprising but still fairly disappointing how ignorant and vile people are.'

'The hypocrisy. All these bible proverbs and absolutely zero follow thru [sic]. All this 'love' yet zero empathy. I'm speechless. TBH. Not because I have nothing to say. Just don't have anything to say y'all capable of understand [sic.]'

All the hate started after Amber called her boyfriend of around four months 'My Love'.  

The curvaceous beauty posted a snap of herself and the 30-year-old dancer kissing with graffiti in the background. 

The couple were first linked at the end of last year after they met while Amber was competing on DWTS.

She was actually partnered with Val's brother Maksim, who introduced the pair.