Rob Ford is Throwing Shade at Literally Everyone on Twitter Right Now
I’ll admit it: I miss Rob Ford. I miss his scent. I miss his musk. I miss his crack-smoking, councillor-tackling, death-threat-making shenanigans. Toronto just hasn’t been the same since everyone’s favourite trainwreck was dethroned as mayor a couple years ago. RoFo put us on the map — he gave Canada more airtime in the U.S. and worldwide than any other story in the 21st Century. (Hell, he did what Matt Damon could never do — he appeared as a guest on Kimmel). We don’t see John Tory grabbing any headlines stateside.
Which is why it sort of tickles me to see Ford drop jaws in the media again — and this time, with a surprising amount of sass. Seemingly out of nowhere, the city councillor’s been throwing shade at just about every sentient being in the world on Twitter lately. It all started yesterday when CityNews asked for his thoughts on a new marijuana strain named after him, to which he retorted with this first-degree burn.
Sure how about Hey @CityNews did you know that ‘City’ and ‘News’ are 2 separate words? or how’s it feel to have 1/4 the followers of @CP24?
— Rob Ford (@TorontoRobFord) January 6, 2016
Since then, Ford’s been on a one-man dissing spree, taking no shit, no safe routes and no prisoners. He’s gone on the offensive against Mayor Tory…
.@anne_theriault Wherever @JohnTory is keeping his budget savings. Nobody’s even heard of the place so it must be safe.
— Rob Ford (@TorontoRobFord) January 6, 2016
He’s questioned the integrity of the Toronto Blue Jays’ front office…
.@Justorbs Our GM won exec of the year, we let him go cuz of a guy whose biggest accomplishment is getting people to say his last name right
— Rob Ford (@TorontoRobFord) January 6, 2016
He’s ignited a potential beef with Kanye West…
.@AnyiaNoboh I’m shocked he got a gold ticket, didn’t think auditioners own songs rated well with the judges. — Rob Ford (@TorontoRobFord) January 6, 2016
He’s taken the wind out of Axl Rose’s sails…
.@MikerGuy69 @gunsnroses Doubt it. Wasn’t too impressed when they reappeared in 2011, Axl looked (and sounded) like me in a wig. — Rob Ford (@TorontoRobFord) January 7, 2016
He’s called out Buzzfeed on degrading the media landscape…
@iD4RO You work at Buzzfeed. Your job is to create/look at things that make the rest us waste time at work. How bad can it be? — Rob Ford (@TorontoRobFord) January 6, 2016
By God, he’s even taken on Big Chocolate!
.@gennsc not much of a chocolate guy. Love Nibs, though. — Rob Ford (@TorontoRobFord) January 6, 2016
This apparent Twitter renaissance could be part of Ford’s plan to drum up some hype as he prepares to run for mayor again in 2018, which he reaffirmed yesterday. But there’s something peculiar about Ford’s slab-and-burn social media tear. They’re a little too…witty. Especially for a dude who hasn’t been known to have the strongest command of language. Moreover, something tells me Rob Ford hasn’t read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and therefore has no business dropping this kind of reference.
. @JosephFusca 42 — Rob Ford (@TorontoRobFord) January 6, 2016
But lest anyone accuse RoFo of hiring a PR flack to handle his social media accounts, he’s posted this pic of himself to prove those barbs were indeed coming from his Twitter fingers.
.@sarahbeuhler like this? pic.twitter.com/aV3qu3IoSz — Rob Ford (@TorontoRobFord) January 6, 2016
Looks like Toronto’s got a new pop culture-savvy, LOL-heavy, possibly-young-assistant-assisted Twitter celebrity on city council. Will this translate into a swelling tide of political support for Ford 2018? Probably not, but it’s worth a few larfs. Either way, it’s your move, Norm Kelly.
