Port Adelaide captain Connor Rozee has emphatically denied a “disgusting” rumour surrounding his family and slammed whoever it was that “made it up”.

The young father and husband has been the subject of scurrilous hearsay in recent weeks, with screenshots containing damaging misinformation having circulated around the country.

In the strongest possible terms, Rozee refuted what Kane Cornes called a “really nasty and horrific rumour”, which also implicates others around him.

“I want to make it very clear, to be honest, that this is absolutely untrue and there hasn’t been even an inkling of truth to any part of what people have been saying about me or my family,” Rozee told SEN on Friday morning.

“It’s pretty disgusting, really, and disappointing to see obviously someone make it up, and a lot of people I know or have heard of spreading it to their friends or their family, some players from other clubs, or people that I’ve heard of.

“It’s pretty disappointing to know that some people can stoop that low and have that sort of character.

“Anything to do with family shouldn’t even be considered when people are thinking that these things are funny, because it does impact their lives, especially a lot more than even mine, because I’m obviously in the spotlight a bit more than our wives and kids.

“But for anyone that’s still wondering or 100 per cent sure, my wife and I are amazing, we’ve never been better. I’ve got great relationships with everyone at the football club.

“This is a completely made-up rumour and I just want to put a full stop on it because it got out of hand there for a bit and it’s not OK.”

The 25-year-old, who married his longtime partner Maisie Packer last October, said he wants whoever started the rumour to be held to account.

“I’d love to know who made it up, to be honest, and hold them accountable,” he said.

“As I said before, it’s pretty disgusting that someone’s able to come up with something like that.

“I think the AFL integrity (unit) are taking a look at it. It’s really tough these days unfortunately with people able to make fake accounts and say pretty much whatever they want behind the keyboard so I’ll wait and see.

“But the main thing is that my family and that are OK and we can move past it now.”