Mayor Rob Ford mocked by late-night comedy hosts

The scandal that has rocked Toronto and made headlines around the world has now reached late night: Mayor Rob Ford was mocked by comedy hosts on Tuesday amid allegations that he was caught on video smoking crack cocaine.

Both Jon Stewart and Jimmy Kimmel poked fun at Toronto’s leader.

On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Ford was played by Parks & Recreation actor Jim O’Heir. O’Heir imitates Ford’s voice and says he “looks forward to clearing this up.”

Stewart, meanwhile, addressed deputy mayor Doug Holday suggestion that it was easy to fake a video. He showed images of a motion-capture suit covered with ping pong balls and joked that this was “some James Cameron [expletive].”

“By the way, if you were going to alter videos, why wouldn’t you start with these two,” Stewart continued, before showing clips of Ford falling down while attempting to play football, and Ford walking into a camera at city hall.

Click here to watch Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Click here to watch The Daily Show segment.

Many of Ford’s allies and rivals have urged him to comment on the scandal but he has so far kept quiet.

On Friday, Ford slammed the Toronto Star report on the video as a smear job and called it “ridiculous,” while his lawyer Dennis Morris called the reports “false and defamatory.”

Morris told The Canadian Press on Sunday that he had not received any instructions from Ford about launching legal action against the Star and Gawker, saying the matter was in “pause” until it’s known whether a video will become public.

With files from The Canadian Press

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