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Rob Ford’s attempts to reform his image ahead of the mayoral election this year appear to have been shattered after a damaging new video surfaced Tuesday showing the Toronto mayor drunk, swearing and making offensive remarks about the city’s police chief.

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Just moments after councillor Doug Ford rushed to defend his brother claiming “100% [the video] didn’t happen last night,” the major emerged Tuesday afternoon to confirm the clip had been taken Monday night, and that he had been drinking, further compounding the embarrassment for Ford Nation.

The new Ford video, which comes after repeated claims that he has not touched drugs or alcohol since November, when he admitted to smoking crack cocaine, shows the mayor rambling and swearing incoherently in Jamaican patois slang in a Toronto restaurant.

“I was with some friends and what I do in my personal life, with my personal friends, that’s up to me. This really has nothing to do with you guys,” Ford told reporters Tuesday afternoon.