Once Ben's story came to light, Joe quickly took to the Sherry Pie social media pages to address the rumors — and didn't really deny anything. 

"This is Joey, I want to start by saying how sorry I am that I caused such trauma and pain and how horribly embarrassed and disgusted I am with myself," he wrote. "I know that the pain and hurt that I have caused will never go away and I know that what I did was wrong and truly cruel."

He claimed that the show taught him about "loving yourself," and inspired him to seek mental health treatment. 

"I have been seeking help and receiving treatment since coming back to NYC. I truly apologize to everyone I have hurt with my actions," he wrote. "I also want to say how sorry I am to my sisters of season 12 and honestly the whole network and production company. All I can do is change the behavior and that starts with me and doing that work."