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“It’s extremely embarrassing,” he said. “The whole world is going to see it. I don’t have a problem with that, but it is extremely embarrassing. I don’t know what to say. I’ve again and again apologized.

“When you are in that state…I hope none of you have ever or will ever been in that state. That’s all I can say.”

The Toronto Sun initially put up a shorter clip of the video, saying someone was looking to sell a longer version. The Star said it purchased the video for $5,000 and that it was secretly filmed on a cellphone.

The context of the mayor’s rant is unknown as is the person he is speaking about. He appears to be in a living room, with several people off-camera.

When asked for context the mayor only responded that he was “extremely, extremely inebriated.”

He mentions he is angry at a person who has called the Ford brothers “liars, thieves.”

The political crisis surrounding the mayor has seemingly reached its boiling point, after one of his top allies called for the province to remove him from office.

Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly said he did not know the context of the video but hoped the mayor was speaking “metaphorically.”

“I want to understand myself what the heck is going on,” he said.

Kelly also said it is widely accepted that the mayor is in denial about his personal problems.

Denzil Minnan-Wong said he plans to amend a motion that is calling on the mayor to take a leave of absence, so that it would also petition the province to intervene in the crisis around the mayoralty.