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‘He’s cleaning up the city by smoking all the crack in it’: U.S. late night TV hosts turn Rob Ford into international laughing stock
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may not have a word to say about the growing crack cocaine video scandal, but U.S. comedians are finding plenty to say about the besieged leader of Canada’s biggest city.
Ford’s alleged crack cocaine use, not to mention his colourful past, was the butt of jokes on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday night.
The high-profile airings in the U.S. should only increase the bidding on Gawker’s “Crackstarter” — a crowdfunded attempt to raise $200,000 to buy the alleged video. Bidding topped $107,000 Wednesday morning with six days to go. (YouTube)
Gawker claims to have seen video of Rob Ford using crack cocaine pipe
A published report says a video that appears to show Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine is being shopped around by a group of men allegedly involved in the drug trade.
There was no way to verify the video, however, which was the subject of a report on Gawker on Thursday and then became the subject of numerous stories.
The Toronto Star said two of its reporters watched the video and said it appears to show Ford in a room, sitting in a chair, inhaling from what appears to be a glass crack pipe.
A story on the Star website Friday also alleges Ford makes several disparaging and crude remarks about Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and the high school football team he coaches.
A lawyer retained by Ford, Dennis Morris, told the newspaper that Thursday’s publication by the Gawker website of some details related to the video was “false and defamatory.”
In praise of our own — National Post’s photographer Tyler Anderson won a National Newspaper Award in the News Feature Photography category for this shot of a man sleeping behind a curtain during a speech given by Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at a Toronto Real Estate Board luncheon in Toronto, Ontario, Friday, June 1, 2012. (Tyler Anderson/National Post) — Read more about Mr. Anderson’s NNA win
Rob Ford to remain Toronto’s mayor as court overturns ruling ordering him out
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been spared his job by a panel of Divisional Court judges that overturned a ruling he should be tossed out of office over a breach of the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.
Regional Senior Justice Edward Then, Justice Katherine Swinton and Justice Lynne Leitch disagreed with a lower court decision that Mr. Ford broke the law designed to keep elected officials from exerting influence on decisions that could benefit them financially. (Darren Calabrese/National Post)
Toronto mayor Rob Ford is kissed by Toronto Argonauts’ Adriano Belli (a.k.a. The Kissing Bandit - he kisses everybody) during the Argos’ Grey Cup victory parade festivities at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. It was quite the event. Click through for more photos. (Photo: Darren Calabrese/National Post)
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford removed from office over conflict of interest case
A Toronto judge has found Mayor Rob Ford guilty of conflict of interest and ordered him removed from office. (Darren Calabrese/National Post)
Toronto mayor Rob Ford, right, with his press secretary George Christopulous, play football at the temporary pitch built in the fountain at Nathan Phillip Square in front of the City Hall on Tuesday. (Photo by Natalie Alcoba/National Post)
Girl in Chicago: I’ve been to Canada, ‘that part across from Detroit.’ Rob Ford: ‘Winnipeg?’
(Photo: Jeff Haynes for National Post)
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford butters up visitors at the CNE as he stops by to see his likeness
Mayor Rob Ford took his family to the Canadian National Exhibition on Thursday, appearing to be in campaign mode as he kissed a baby, handed out fridge magnets and posed for dozens of photos with gawkers in front of a butter sculpture of his likeness.
The 227-kilogram rendering took 24-year-old Olenka Kleban six days to make in a cabin kept at 7 degrees Celcius and depicts His Worship reading a Margaret Atwood book, while leaning on a steering wheel.
He laughed when he saw it.
“That’s funny. See that,” said Mr. Ford, pointing it out to his children, as wife Renata looked on. “Wow, that’s a lot of butter.” (Darren Calabrese/National Post)
How Toronto Mayor Rob Ford spent his summer
City council may have adjourned for the season, but our mayor has been as busy as ever. Here, a recap of his adventures so that you can catch up before council returns to work.
Thirty-four pounds short of goal, Rob Ford cancels Cut the Waist campaign
After losing only 16 pounds in five months, Mayor Rob Ford has abandoned his public pledge to lose 50 pounds by June.
“I don’t care about the weigh-in,” Mr. Ford said Sunday on his weekly Newstalk 1010 radio show, which he hosts with his brother, Toronto City Councillor Doug Ford. “I’m not even dieting anymore.” (Photo: Aaron Lynett/National Post)
Mayor Rob Ford makes surprise appearance at rainbow flag-raising
Toronto’s Mayor Rob Ford made an unexpected appearance at a rainbow flag-raising marking the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. (Photo: Natalie Alcoba/National Post)
