Yet another video of Rob Ford surfaced Friday morning, this one showing the crack-smoking Toronto mayor on a belligerent bender at a bar. But Ford’s brother and campaign manager swears he’s still in rehab – and has proof.
On Thursday, Councilor Doug Ford said he would “put an end to all speculation” by releasing concrete information on Friday that proves the mayor is still in rehab seeking treatment, according to the Toronto Sun.
Doug also shot down rumors that his brother has been out and about in public after leaving his treatment center for three days this week.
“He has at all times been under the supervision of medical professionals and never once been alone one day in treatment,” he said.
In the new video, an apparently drunk Ford throws a few air punches while shouting curses to the barroom.
“No one better f— with me. I’m going to kick you in the f—ing head … I’ll knock you out, pa-pow!” he yells.
A fellow barfly then puts his arm around the mayor, and Ford starts rubbing his belly as he chants, “Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack.”
When an off-screen bartender announces “last call,” Ford continues his nonsensical tirade.
“I’m nodding here,” he says. “I’m in a f—ing divorce and going to the f—ing doghouse and going in a hotel.”
According to the Toronto Sun, the video is thought to have been shot during the same period that Ford was caught on camera ranting in a bar and smoking what appeared to be crack cocaine in his sister’s basement.
“What happened in the past is the past,” his brother told the Sun. “We now understand that the mayor has addiction problems and our goal is to help him get well.”
Earlier this week, Ford told the Canadian newspaper that “Rehab is amazing” and reminds him of the football camp he attended as a kid.
He also admitted that alcohol — not crack — might be his worst vice.
“I think alcohol is the worst drug of all,” Ford said. “It makes you do things that you would never do or say things that you wouldn’t.”