"Modern Family"  actress JULIE BOWEN says she's never seen any evidence that her TV daughter ARIEL WINTER was being abused by her REAL mom.

She says, "Never have I seen [what's being reported].  That was never my experience [with Ariel and her mom].  I watch the news and that's all new to me."

When Julie was asked how Ariel's been doing since all this went down, she didn't seem to know much about that, either.  She said, "I mean, I don't know.  That's not what we experienced on set.  We are so closed off."