City councillor Doug Ford, the father of controversial tweeter Krista Ford, says his family “chewed her ass out” for suggesting that women shouldn’t dress like “whores” to protect themselves from sexual assault.

Responding to the international uproar about her recent comments, Ford told Talk Radio AM640 on Friday all kids have done “stupid things” but that didn’t stop the family from giving Krista a verbal lashing.

“That’s not the way we raised her,” said Ford about his 21-year-old daughter, who is the niece of Mayor Rob Ford. “And to be very blunt, we chewed her ass out from one end to the other.”

Krista Ford, who apologized later, provided advice earlier this week on Twitter to women on how to protect themselves from sexual assault after hearing reports about a series of recent attacks in the city’s west end.

“Stay alert, walk tall, carry mace, take self-defence classes & don’t dress like a whore,” the former lingerie football player wrote on Twitter just after 6 p.m. Wednesday, adding “#DontBeAVictim” and “#StreetSmart.”

In the radio interview, Doug Ford asked critics of his daughter if they know what their children are tweeting every day.

“The answer is ‘no,’ ” Ford said.

He added that if Krista’s name wasn’t “Ford,” no one would have paid any attention.

Krista Ford’s “whores” comment sparked widespread outrage, with a sexual assault survivor and SlutWalk Toronto weighing in.

Ford, a former player for Lingerie Football League team Toronto Triumph, issued an apology via Twitter on Thursday afternoon, noting that she “didn’t mean to cause such an alarm” and “just want(s) women to be safe.”

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Despite her apology, photos of a scantily clad Ford have appeared on news sites worldwide, including the New York Daily News, which ran photos of Ford, pulled from Twitter and Facebook, alongside the headline “ ‘Don’t dress like a whore!’ says former Lingerie Football player to women concerned about sexual assault.”

Jezebel, an online women’s magazine, took aim at Ford for her comment in an article posted on its site Thursday evening.

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Ford also became the subject of a Daily Mail story, in which the British daily tabloid described the Toronto woman as a “former Lingerie Football player who is dressed extremely provocatively in her Twitter profile picture.”

Down south, one Costa Rican Times employee wrote about Ford’s “controversial online advice,” while also expressing hope that the U.S.-based Lingerie Football League would some day make it to Costa Rica.

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