{{Short description|Canadian former football player and conspiracy theorist}} {{Use Canadian English|date=June 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Krista Ford Haynes | alt = | image = Krista Ford Haynes.jpg | caption = Haynes in 2018 | birth_name = Krista Ford | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|9|13}} | birth_place = Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada | alma_mater = {{plainlist| * Humber College * York University }} | occupation = | years_active = | spouse = {{marriage|David Haynes|2015}} | children = | father = Doug Ford | relatives = {{plainlist| * Doug Ford Sr. (grandfather) * Rob Ford (uncle) * Michael Ford (cousin) }} | website = }}
'''Krista Ford Haynes''' ({{née}} '''Ford'''; born September 13, 1991) is a Canadian former professional women's American football player. She is a daughter of Ontario Premier Doug Ford and niece of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. She was the captain of the Toronto Triumph, a team in the Legends Football League.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2011/04/30/mayors_niece_makes_first_cut_in_lingerie_football_league.html|title=Mayor's niece makes first cut in Lingerie Football League|date=April 30, 2011|newspaper=Toronto Star}}</ref>
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Haynes has shared COVID-19 misinformation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/610cktb/news/ontario-premier-s-daughter-uses-social-media-to-spread-covid-19-vaccine-misinformation-1.15774909|title=Ontario Premier's daughter uses social media to spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation|first=Bell|last=Média|website=www.iheartradio.ca |date=May 30, 2025 }}</ref> and anti-vaccine and anti-mask sentiment,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Devlin|first=Megan|date=September 22, 2021|url=https://dailyhive.com/toronto/doug-ford-daughter-anti-vax-rant|title=Premier Doug Ford's daughter posts another anti-vax rant on Instagram|website=Daily Hive|access-date=July 16, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://westernstandardonline.com/2021/09/slobodian-doug-fords-daughter-could-teach-her-father-a-thing-or-two-about-freedom/|title=Slobodian: Doug Ford's daughter could teach her father a thing or two about freedom|first=Linda|last=Slobodian|date=September 26, 2021|website=Western Standard Online|access-date=July 16, 2022}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="auto7">{{cite web|last=Demarco|first=Zoe|date=October 28, 2021|url=https://dailyhive.com/toronto/krista-ford-hayes-anti-vaccine-message|title=Doug Ford's daughter tells followers to "rise up" in anti-vaxx message|website=Daily Hive|access-date=July 16, 2022}}</ref> and has been critical of COVID-19 vaccine passports.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=fb4147bf-21a5-4f6c-ae79-70569a35398c|title=First Reading: Pandemic border closures suddenly aren't racist anymore|first=Levitt Sheikh-Howard|last=Levitt|date=November 30, 2021|website=Lexology|access-date=December 7, 2021|archive-date=December 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207032031/https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=fb4147bf-21a5-4f6c-ae79-70569a35398c|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://dailyhive.com/toronto/doug-ford-daughter-anti-covid-19-vaccine|title=Doug Ford's daughter shares anti-vax message on social media | News|website=dailyhive.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zoomerradio.ca/news/2021/08/04/doug-fords-daughter-shares-her-anti-vax-belief-on-social-media/|title=Doug Ford's Daughter Shares Her Anti-Vax Belief on Social Media|website=www.zoomerradio.ca}}</ref>
== Lingerie Football League == Haynes, who was a student at Humber College, was one of more than 100 women who tried out for the first team when the league's Toronto franchise first opened for business in 2011.
Press coverage of Haynes' tryout routinely mentioned that she was the niece of then Toronto mayor Rob Ford and the daughter of then city councillor Doug Ford.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techmediatainment.blogspot.com/2011/07/lingerie-football-league-needs-stars.html|title=Tech-media-tainment: Lingerie Football League needs stars|first=Patrick|last=Seitz|date=July 30, 2011}}</ref>
According to technology journalist Patrick Seitz, the league had lacked stars in its early seasons, so the limited press coverage the league received treated it solely as a "peep show". He asserted that Haynes and Angela Rypien, the daughter of former Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien, were two potential stars the league could offer in its 2011 season.
Team management chose Haynes as the team's first captain.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.torontosun.com/2011/07/06/krista-ford-named-to-captain-torontos-lingerie-football-league-team| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140916121547/http://www.torontosun.com/2011/07/06/krista-ford-named-to-captain-torontos-lingerie-football-league-team| archive-date = September 16, 2014| title = Krista Ford named to captain Toronto's Lingerie Football League team {{!}} Toronto &}}</ref> She also served as the team's marketing manager, responsible for seeking sponsorships. The team did not perform well when it started to compete with more experienced teams in the league. Players voiced concern that they had been issued unsafe equipment, and that the most senior members of the team's coaching staff lacked the experience to train them to compete safely. Following its loss in its first non-exhibition game the team's management fired the one member of the coaching staff who was experienced, who team members felt had the experience to serve as head coach, and four of her fellow team members. In response Haynes and 15 remaining team members resigned.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2011/10/19/krista_ford_quits_lingerie_football.html|title=Krista Ford quits lingerie football|date=October 19, 2011|newspaper=Toronto Star}}</ref>
The ''Torontoist'' quoted Haynes' announcement of her resignation from her Facebook page, where she quoted Malcolm X, "A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything" to explain her stand on principle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://torontoist.com/2011/10/duly-quoted-krista-ford/|title=Duly Quoted: Krista Ford|date=October 20, 2011|website=Torontoist}}</ref>
The ''Toronto Star'' interviewed the founder of the Lingerie Football League about Haynes' resignation, who claimed he had spoken with her uncle Rob Ford, who agreed with him that his niece's resignation was a mistake. Although seasons tickets had already gone on sale in March 2012 the league cancelled the 2012 season in April 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/lingerie-football-league-cancels-season-1.795579|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307141746/http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/lingerie-football-league-cancels-season-1.795579|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 7, 2013|title=Lingerie Football League cancels season|date=April 13, 2012|website=Montreal}}</ref> ''CTV News'' cited Haynes resignation as a factor when explaining the cancellation of the season; however, the Triumph were not included in the cancellation, which included only the U.S.-based teams.
== Comments on sexual assault == On August 29, 2012, Haynes stirred controversy through a tweet she sent, an hour after Toronto Police had advised women of a recent outbreak of sexual assaults.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/news/local/article/396552--krista-ford-under-fire-after-don-t-dress-like-a-whore-tweet/|title=CityNews|website=toronto.citynews.ca|access-date=December 6, 2021|archive-date=December 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206070838/https://toronto.citynews.ca/news/local/article/396552--krista-ford-under-fire-after-don-t-dress-like-a-whore-tweet/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Haynes' tweet said: "Stay alert, walk tall, carry mace, take self-defence classes & don't dress like a whore." Section 88 of the ''Criminal Code'' lists mace as a "prohibited and restricted weapon".<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/08/29/krista_fords_advice_after_sex_assaults_news_conference_dont_dress_like_a_whore.html|last=Dunn|first=Katherine|title=Krista Ford's advice after sex assaults news conference: 'Don't dress like a whore'|date=August 29, 2012|newspaper=Toronto Star}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/krista-ford-apologizes-after-dress-like-a-whore-tweet-1.1277349|title=Krista Ford apologizes after 'dress like a whore' tweet|date=August 31, 2012|publisher=CBC News}}</ref> Haynes' comment was compared to those of Michael Sanguinetti, a Toronto area police officer whose widely criticized safety suggestion to college students that "women should avoid dressing like sluts not to be victimized" triggered the worldwide SlutWalk phenomenon.<ref name="auto1"/>
== Views on COVID-19 == Haynes has been critical of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine passports and has expressed anti-mask sentiments.<ref name="auto"/> She has also expressed disdain for vaccine mandates.<ref name="auto5">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-covid-19-doug-ford-family-krista-vaccine-mandates-1.6351008|title=Doug Ford acknowledges division in his family over COVID-19 rules|date=February 15, 2022|work=CBC News}}</ref> Her husband was placed on unpaid leave by the Toronto Police Service due to his lack of vaccination.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.narcity.com/toronto/fords-daughter-says-her-cop-husband-is-being-put-on-unpaid-leave-for-being-unvaccinated|title=Ford's Daughter Says Her Cop Husband Is Being Put On 'Unpaid Leave' For Being Unvaccinated|date=November 24, 2021|website=Narcity}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://dailyhive.com/toronto/doug-fords-krista-haynes-husband-unpaid-leave|title=Krista Haynes' husband facing "indefinite unpaid leave" by Toronto Police over vaccine status | News|website=dailyhive.com}}</ref> She has compared public health protocols and vaccine mandates to the holocaust and the civil rights movement.<ref name="DiMatteo">{{Cite web |last=DiMatteo |first=Enzo |date=December 21, 2021 |title=Why we need to talk about Doug Ford's daughter's anti-vaccine views |url=https://nowtoronto.com/news/we-need-to-talk-about-doug-fords-daughters-anti-vaccine-views |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223023123/https://nowtoronto.com/news/we-need-to-talk-about-doug-fords-daughters-anti-vaccine-views |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |access-date=December 23, 2021}}</ref>
In a series of posts on Instagram, Haynes has made unsubstantiated criticisms of the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and their effectiveness,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/am800/controversial-message-from-doug-ford-s-daughter-about-vaccines-1.15772323|title=Controversial message from Doug Ford's daughter about vaccines.|first=Bell|last=Média|website=www.iheartradio.ca}}</ref> including the benefits of vaccine boosters, in which she claimed that "every booster you take is going to weaken your natural immunity."<ref name="auto"/> She has also expressed the incorrect belief that vaccination causes viral shedding and encouraged her Instagram followers to "rise up" and continue "holding the line for medical freedom". On and around Remembrance Day, Haynes suggested that people should wear remembrance poppies instead of masks in Canada, saying that "If you're headed into a store today and you find it more important to put on a mask than a poppy, rethink your priorities because there have been men and women who have fought bravely and died for our freedoms that we seem to be just handing over today, so please think about that." She later suggested that the Canadian government should have sent every Canadian household a Bible instead of information cards on COVID-19 vaccines.<ref name="auto"/>
Haynes believes the Canadian government is conspiring to remove freedoms from citizens while lying to the public about potential vaccine side effects.<ref name="auto7"/> Haynes added that vaccine information could be disseminated to the Chinese governments and the FBI.<ref name="auto"/> She has also shared information against childhood vaccination.<ref name="auto" />
Haynes campaigns against the COVID-19 lockdowns and shares anti-vaccine content on social media.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Doug Ford's daughter tells people not to snitch on big illegal Christmas parties|url=https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/12/doug-fords-daughter-asks-people-not-snitch-neighbours-who-have-big/|access-date=December 21, 2021|website=www.blogto.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=December 24, 2021|title=Krista Ford's Hubby Says Toronto Police Revoked His Badge As Part Of The 'Unpaid Leave'|url=https://www.narcity.com/toronto/krista-ford-haynes-hubby-says-toronto-police-revoked-his-badge-as-part-of-the-unpaid-leave|access-date=December 24, 2021|website=Narcity|language=en}}</ref> Robyn Urback, writing in ''The Globe and Mail'', has criticized the mainstream media for under reporting her campaign, in the context of Haynes' father being the Premier of Ontario. In January 2022, Haynes attended a rally welcoming trucks in Freedom Convoy 2022, making their way through the Greater Toronto Area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/doug-ford-daughter-krista-haynes-attended-freedom-convoy|title=Ford's daughter, Krista Haynes, attended the "Freedom Convoy" | News|website=dailyhive.com}}</ref> She was seen carrying a flag that said "Fuck Trudeau".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insauga.com/convoy-originating-from-mississauga-will-slow-saturday-traffic-peel-police-warn/|title=Convoy originating from Mississauga will slow Saturday traffic, Peel Police warn | inSauga|date=February 5, 2022|website=insauga}}</ref>
By December 2021, ''NOW Toronto''<ref name=DiMatteo/> and ''The Globe and Mail''<ref name="ru1">{{cite news |last1=Urback |first1=Robyn |title=The anti-vaccine rants from Doug Ford's daughter are now a matter of public interest |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-anti-vaccine-rants-from-doug-fords-daughter-are-now-a-matter-of/ |publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc |date=December 8, 2021}}</ref> had published articles covering her position.
== Personal life == Ford is married to David Haynes, a Toronto Police Service officer and bodybuilder.<ref name="auto2"/> In November 2021, he was put on unpaid leave from the service for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
On February 15, 2022, Haynes' father Doug Ford acknowledged "family rifts" relating to COVID-19 during a public press conference.<ref name="auto5"/><ref name=ts1>{{Cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/family-rifts-ford-says-own-daughter-supports-freedom-convoy|title=FAMILY RIFTS: Ford says own daughter supports Freedom Convoy|website=torontosun}}</ref><ref name=ctvn1>{{Cite web|url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/we-are-done-with-it-doug-ford-says-ontario-is-moving-on-from-covid-19-1.5782355|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215210507/https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/we-are-done-with-it-doug-ford-says-ontario-is-moving-on-from-covid-19-1.5782355|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2022|title='We are done with it:' Doug Ford says Ontario is moving on from COVID-19|date=February 15, 2022|website=CTVNews Toronto}}</ref>
In December 2022, Haynes was conspicuously missing from the family photograph used by Doug Ford on the family Christmas card.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 14, 2022 |title=Krista Ford Haynes not on premier's Christmas card |url=https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2584249 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411122557/https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2584249 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2023 |access-date=April 11, 2023 |website=Edmonton |language=en}}</ref>
== See also ==
== References == {{Reflist}}
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{{Doug Ford}}
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