Less than 24 hours after a ballcap-wearing John Tory bobbed his head to a Kanye West song through Toronto’s subway system, the joke video appears to have been taken down.

The mayor poked fun at himself in the one-minute gag clip posted Thursday, after he mistook West, who is American, for a Canadian artist earlier this week.

“This Tweet from @JohnTory has been withheld in response to a report from the copyright holder,” a message read Friday morning on Twitter.

“We are aware of the request and are looking into it,” Tory spokeswoman Amanda Gailbraith said. “The video is a parody and of course made in that fun spirit.”

In the gag clip posted Thursday, titled “Yeezus, can't believe I didn’t know @KimKardashian’s husband wasn't Canadian!” Tory puts on earphones and nods to West’s hit “Stronger.”

He then gets onto a subway car at St. George station, and feigns surprise when he sees a photo of Kardashian in a magazine.

West will perform in Toronto on July 26 as part of the Pan Am Games closing ceremony.

By Friday morning, an online petition calling for the controversial rapper to be dropped as the event’s headliner had gathered more than 35,000 signatures.

With files from David Rider

Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...

Read more about: