Standing in the political spotlight proved to be rather painful for Toronto mayor Rob Ford when he walked face first into a TV camera.

The Canadian politician was left with a bruised ego and sore head after a TV crew member took close-up camera work to the extreme.

He was rushing out of a committee meeting at Ontario’s City Hall earlier this week when he walked straight into the oncoming cameraman.

‘Ah f*** man. Holy Christ!’ screamed the angry mayor as he crouched down holding his eye following the painful collision.


‘Holy. Guys have some respect, you just hit me in the face with a camera,’ he then shouted as he exited the building under the guidance of a security man.



Mr Ford has a reputation for running out of meetings at City Hall, forcing reporters to chase after him for questions and pushing cameramen against cement pillars.

‘He’s a little sore but he’ll be okay,’ his spokesman George Christopoulos later told Canada’s Toronto Sun.

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