<p>A new video surfaced yesterday showing Toronto's scandal-plagued mayor -- who pledged to stay off alcohol after admissions of crack smoking and binge drinking -- in an apparent drunken stupor.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The roughly one-minute clip shot in a fast food restaurant depicts Rob Ford, dressed in a suit and tie, slurring his words, swearing and sometimes breaking into Jamaican patois.<br /><br />Confronted by reporters, Ford acknowledged the footage was shot late Monday and admitted he had been drinking. "A little bit, yeah," he said.<br /><br />But he flatly rejected a reporter's question asking if he thought the video was offensive."No, I was with some friends and what I do in my personal life with my personal friends, that's up to me," he said.<br /><br />"If I speak that way that's how I speak with some of my friends. I don't think it's discriminative at all. I didn't drive. It's my own time."<br /><br />Ford has been mired in scandal for months, accused of unseemly behavior and sexual harassment during a series of drunken rampages -- in addition to his admitted crack use.<br /><br />His troubles became public in May when the Toronto Star and US gossip website Gawker said that they had been approached by drug dealers looking to sell a 90-second video clip showing the mayor smoking the substance.<br /><br />After months of denials, Ford finally admitted in early November to having inhaled crack cocaine while drunk.<br /><br />Stripped of most of his powers shortly thereafter, he retains the mayor title but most of his duties have been transferred to his deputy, Norm Kelly.<br /><br />In a series of interviews late last year seeking to reclaim his reputation, Ford denied he had an alcohol problem and even told Canadian broadcaster CBC he would never drink again.<br /><br />But the new video provided fodder for Ford's opponents.<br /><br />"I believe that he is addicted to alcohol and/or drugs," city councilor Paula Fletcher said. "And I think he's got a real problem. I've said so before and I think this confirms it.""The video speaks for itself," added fellow councilor Joe Mihevc.<br /><br />Before Ford's admission, his brother Doug, also a councilor, had said the clip was not shot on Monday.<br /><br />"I'm sure it's him but it wasn't yesterday," he said. "I haven't seen the video but I know it wasn't yesterday, I was talking to him last night."<br /><br />And asked if the mayor had given up drinking, he responded: "Yeah, 100 percent." </p>
<p>A new video surfaced yesterday showing Toronto's scandal-plagued mayor -- who pledged to stay off alcohol after admissions of crack smoking and binge drinking -- in an apparent drunken stupor.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The roughly one-minute clip shot in a fast food restaurant depicts Rob Ford, dressed in a suit and tie, slurring his words, swearing and sometimes breaking into Jamaican patois.<br /><br />Confronted by reporters, Ford acknowledged the footage was shot late Monday and admitted he had been drinking. "A little bit, yeah," he said.<br /><br />But he flatly rejected a reporter's question asking if he thought the video was offensive."No, I was with some friends and what I do in my personal life with my personal friends, that's up to me," he said.<br /><br />"If I speak that way that's how I speak with some of my friends. I don't think it's discriminative at all. I didn't drive. It's my own time."<br /><br />Ford has been mired in scandal for months, accused of unseemly behavior and sexual harassment during a series of drunken rampages -- in addition to his admitted crack use.<br /><br />His troubles became public in May when the Toronto Star and US gossip website Gawker said that they had been approached by drug dealers looking to sell a 90-second video clip showing the mayor smoking the substance.<br /><br />After months of denials, Ford finally admitted in early November to having inhaled crack cocaine while drunk.<br /><br />Stripped of most of his powers shortly thereafter, he retains the mayor title but most of his duties have been transferred to his deputy, Norm Kelly.<br /><br />In a series of interviews late last year seeking to reclaim his reputation, Ford denied he had an alcohol problem and even told Canadian broadcaster CBC he would never drink again.<br /><br />But the new video provided fodder for Ford's opponents.<br /><br />"I believe that he is addicted to alcohol and/or drugs," city councilor Paula Fletcher said. "And I think he's got a real problem. I've said so before and I think this confirms it.""The video speaks for itself," added fellow councilor Joe Mihevc.<br /><br />Before Ford's admission, his brother Doug, also a councilor, had said the clip was not shot on Monday.<br /><br />"I'm sure it's him but it wasn't yesterday," he said. "I haven't seen the video but I know it wasn't yesterday, I was talking to him last night."<br /><br />And asked if the mayor had given up drinking, he responded: "Yeah, 100 percent." </p>