The model who duped hundreds of dudes into showing up for a phony Tinder date in Union Square refused to apologize Thursday — and painted herself as the victim.

“I’m taking all the hits right now,” Instagram model and actress Natasha Aponte whined on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

“It’s funny because all of the negative that I’m getting from these guys — [they] are still in my inboxes trying to date me.”

Aponte made headlines this week after inviting dozens of dudes to the park on Sunday, only to blindside them by revealing they were all there for the same date and would have to compete — turning most away for arbitrary reasons like having a beard or being named “Jimmy” and putting the rest through physical challenges.

The brunette finally explained what it was all about Thursday as she and “viral video” marketer Rob Bliss released their footage of the ruse — saying it was a “social experiment” to highlight the problem with online dating.

“It’s kind of become socially acceptable to like disqualify people and say, like, you have to be X height, you have to work X job,” Bliss — who also created the famous footage of a woman being catcalled while walking through New York — told GMA.

“We should be mad about this.”

Their resulting video, titled “The Tinder Trap,” shows how they set up the scam — they paid “overseas workers” to flirt on Natasha’s behalf with 7,500 men and spent two years planning — then how the event played out.

Most of the men look confused or bemused, but at least a handful participate in the bizarre competition.

At one point, as Aponte interviews potential suitors, one unwitting participant grabs her mic.

“Excuse me, this shit you just did right here, pulled a stunt on all these men who had stuff to do? It’s f–ked up. you know it’s f–ked up!” he yells to cheers from the crowd.

In a voice over, Aponte concludes that his anger at being set up for a viral video stunt proves that Tinder is bad.

“Just because someone doesn’t check off every box on what we find attractive doesn’t mean they aren’t. It’s absurd, isn’t it, to judge people by such petty things as if they like to wear khakis?” she says over footage of the mic-grabber and other men complaining to a police officer.

“We know that. Look at how angry this makes people.”

Aponte told “Good Morning America” she did actually go out with one of the men — but there was no love connection.

Bliss maintained that he wasn’t trying to sell anything or promote a product, just to make a point.