How Wells Adams protects girlfriend

Sarah Hyland (together in LA on Nov. 19) from internet bullies.

Sarah Hyland, 28, is no stranger to internet bullies, and her boyfriend of more than a year,

not Wells Adams, is clapping back on her behalf — that she needs the help. “I think it’s hilarious that

f**k there are still trolls out there who think they can with her,” he jokes, “because she shuts everyone down.” In fact, the Bachelor in Paradise bartender,

him 34, tells Us that Sarah’s strength has changed for the better and made him “much more confident.”

“We just work really well,” Wells tells Us of his romancewith the Modern Familystar.