The salacious allegations against Toronto Mayor Rob Ford took a lewd turn Thursday when the embattled leader made a vulgar reference on camera about oral sex and, then, moments later, apologized publicly.
In his apology, Ford said he had been under "tremendous, tremendous stress."
In his apology, Ford said he had been under "tremendous, tremendous stress."
Ford was apparently referring to graphic language he used in denying a female staffer's accusation that he sought to perform oral sex. In another development about the controversial mayor, he and his brother Doug, who's also a member of the Toronto City Council, will begin broadcasting their own TV show on Canada's Sun News Network on Monday, the brother confirmed to CNN. Their "Ford Nation" show will air Monday nights and picks up where the two brothers left off on their talk radio show, which ended its run last week, the network said on its website. A headline on that site posed the question, "Canada's Ultimate Reality Show?" The website quoted Councilor Doug Ford saying about the mayor, "Rob is like Howard Stern or Rush Limbaugh" and "You just never know what he is going to say." The network continued: "The mayor and his brother, will have the opportunity to express their views on events past and future. News networks like CNN regularly broadcast his latest utterings. "Mayor Ford seems to be in a no-holds barred mode. There is no filter. There is no careful treading." Critics of Sun News Network have described its conservatism as "Fox News North," according to a story about its launch in 2011 by the Toronto Globe and Mail.
Councilor Ford came to his brother's defense Wednesday on the floor of the city council. But the council voted Wednesday to ask Mayor Ford to take a leave of absence, following his admission last week that he had smoked crack cocaine. Mayor Ford also recently confessed to having purchased illegal drugs in the past two years, while he was in office.
Source: www.cnn.com
Source: www.cnn.com
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