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Troubled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has launched his own YouTube channel, calling it Ford Nation.
Having recently admitted drugs and alcohol abuse, Ford's political career has gone into
free fall. His troubles began when a video of him allegedly smoking drugs appeared in
the Canadian media. Ford later admitted having smoked crack ***. He's joined in the debut
programme by his brother Doug, who reads out a question from a viewer.
Why did you lie about your substance abuse problem when you were initially asked?
Well let me address this, and I know this has been a huge controversy. A) I do not have
a substance abuse problem. Did I experiment with drugs? Yes, I have. Why did lie? I think
everybody in the world has lied. Because I was embarrassed. I didn't want to tell the
truth. That's the only answer I can give. That's as straight forward as I can be. I'm
not a drug addict. I don't use drugs. Have I in the past? Yes, and when they ask me it's
very very humiliating in front of the world to say yes.
Doug then reminds viewers, his brother probably isn't the only politician out there with secrets.
I think he came clean, Rob, and if we dug into every single politician's background
around the world folks, I think you'd get a real eye opener.