Rob Ford, the troubled mayor of Toronto, announced he is headed to rehab for his addiction to alcohol and crack. He may have a Jay Z or Barbra Streisand album to bring with him.
The Raptors beat the Brooklyn Nets, 115-113, on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the teams’ first-round playoff series. That means Ford is one victory away from winning his bet with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. The stakes were a CD by a local artist — Ford had said he likely would send Adams some Drake. Ford turned down Adams’ initial stakes of a six-pack, citing public perception.
Ford is taking a leave of absence and will suspend his reelection campaign so he can “deal with his issues,” he said in a statement on Wednesday. His decision comes just as the Globe and Mail revealed images from a new videotape that appear to show Ford smoking out of a pipe. The person who shot the video, a self-professed drug dealer, said Ford was smoking crack, according to the Toronto paper.