Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admitted to drinking again after a video posted on social media showed him babbling about the city 's police chief Monday night while he was at a fast food restaurant . The mayor , who had pledged to refrain from alcohol , stopped briefly to talk to reporters Tuesday when he was asked about the video that shows him incoherently talking to customers at a Steak Queen in Rexdale . `` I was with some friends and what I do with my personal life , and with my personal friends , that 's up to me , '' he said . The mayor said he only had a little bit to drink and did n't do drugs Monday . In the video , which lasts 66 seconds , Ford speaks at times in Creole with a Jamaican accent . He is dressed in a suit and tie , with his back to the counter . He uses a profanity at the beginning of the clip to describe Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair . It 's the latest embarrassment for Ford , infamous for admitting he smoked crack and drank too much . Ford has denied being an addict . Documents : Criminal suspects claimed Rob Ford tried to buy damaging video . Ford 's saga began in May , when allegations emerged that he appeared to be smoking crack cocaine on a pipe on cell phone video taken months earlier , in winter 2012 . After initially denying that he had smoked the drug , he admitted in November that he did . The city council later voted to strip him of most of his power as mayor , reducing him to primarily a figurehead . Ford has ignored calls for him to resign or enter rehab and has said he will run for re-election in October . A man of contrasts , Toronto Mayor Rob Ford leads his 'nation ' in controversy .
In latest interviews , Rob ##b speaks at times with a Jamaican accent . He told reporters that he did drink but did n't do any drugs . He admitted in interviews that he had smoked marijuana , drank too much in 2002 . He had vowed not to drink alcohol any more .