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“I’m just itching to go on the campaign trail. It’s like a caged animal here. I want to put my record and let the people decide.”

Ford has said he does not use crack cocaine and said he is not an addict of the drug. He has also said the alleged video does not exist.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has expressed concern about the “personal issues” that have garnered much attention at city hall in recent days and expressed hope that Toronto’s city council can “get on with its business.”

In discussing Wynne’s governance, Ford told the premier to “straighten up” her act.

“She couldn’t organize a two-car funeral and you’re telling me to get my house in order? I’ve proven I can get my house in order, I’ve saved a billion dollars in two years Premier, ” said Ford.

The mayor co-hosted the show with his brother, Coun. Doug Ford, who introduced a new segment called “setting the record straight.”

The brothers chose to criticize a story from the Toronto Star — one of the publications that first reported on the alleged crack video — which reported email records belonging to staffers who had left the mayor’s office had been ordered deleted.

The Fords did not talk about the series of stories from the newspaper over the past week that were directly related to the alleged crack video.

Rob Ford said he would “have a stroke” if the newspaper apologized for its recent reporting, which his brother called “gutter journalism.”

“You would have pick me off the floor if they did that,” said the mayor. “They’re never going to apologize.”