Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton on Friday scolded Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) for making a suggestive joke about White House counselor Kellyanne Conway.

“Despicable,” she tweeted. "I hope @KellyannePolls receives the apology she deserves — certainly never thought I’d write that and I mean every word.”

Richmond raised eyebrows Wednesday by joking about a recent viral photo of Conway that showed her sitting on a coach in the Oval Office with her legs tucked beneath her.

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“I really want to know what was going on because I won’t tell anybody and you can just explain to me that circumstance, because she really looked familiar in that position,” he said 73rd annual Washington Press Club Foundation’s congressional dinner.

“Don’t answer – and I don’t want you to refer back to the 1990s."

Richmond was responding to a similar joke from Sen. Tim Scott Timothy (Tim) Eugene ScottAuthor Ryan Girdusky: RNC worked best when highlighting 'regular people' as opposed to 'standard Republicans' Now is the time to renew our focus on students and their futures GOP lobbyists pleasantly surprised by Republican convention MORE (R-S.C.), who earlier Wednesday said a “whole lot worse” had happened on the White House couch besides Conway kneeling on it, making an oblique reference to former President Bill Clinton’s sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky in the White House in the 1990s.

Richmond insisted Thursday that he did not mean for his comments to offend or sound sexually suggestive.

“Since some people have interpreted my joke to mean something that it didn’t I think it is important to clarify what I mean,” he said in a statement.

"Where I grew up saying that someone is looking or acting ‘familiar’ simply means that they are behaving too comfortably,” Richmond added.

“I decided to use that joke due to the large social media backlash over her inappropriate posture considering there were more than 60 [historically black college and university] presidents in the room.”

Conway said Tuesday she “meant no disrespect” for her pose the day before, adding she was asked to take a picture of the crowded meeting between President Trump and his HBCU guests.

Conway on Friday thanked Chelsea Clinton for defending her, noting that their daughters share a name.

“Thank you, @ChelseaClinton,” she tweeted. "As strong women, as moms to Charlottes…appreciate you speaking out on this."