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Rob Ford offered husbands everywhere some dubious Christmas gift-buying advice Thursday: “Women love money. Give ’em a couple thousand bucks and they are happy.”

Ford made the statement on his weekly appearance on the Washington, D.C. sports radio show, The Sports Junkies.

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The mayor said he follows his own advice when it comes to Christmas with his wife.

“At the end of the day, she wants her cash, so I give her a nice cheque and we’re all happy,” Ford said about his little-seen wife, Renata Ford. “She says ‘Honey, I want cash.”

Ford said he would give her the money with a “nice basket with flowers with a bit of this and that.” He earlier suggested dresses and perfumes as options.

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The mayor added he has a “fantastic wife” who surprises him with something sports or politics related.

Renata Ford is rarely seen in the media, although she notably became part of an international story last month after her husband made comments about their oral sex life while denying he made sexually explicit comments to a female staffer.