Rob Ford says he wasn't drinking at Leafs game Saturday night

CTV Toronto: Ford denies being drunk at Leafs game Mayor Rob Ford was in city hall today, denying allegations that he was seen intoxicated at a Toronto Maple Leafs game on Saturday.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said he wasn't drunk or drinking at the Leafs game over the weekend when his appearance caused a bit of a mob scene, but refused to say what he was doing later at his city hall office until the early hours of the morning.

Ford was at the Air Canada Centre Saturday night with Coun. Frank Di Giorgio. The Leafs played the Winnipeg Jets. He also attended a Blue Jays game on Friday.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Ford said he wanted to "clarify a few rumours that are going around."

"All these innuendos that people are making that I was drunk, I wasn't drunk at either game. I wasn't drinking at either game," Ford said.

Ford's appearance at Saturday's game had created a commotion at the ACC. He was seen jumping into a taxi cab after the game, and that video made the rounds on social media.

"I didn't have any security," Ford said. "I can't say things got out of control, but there was a lot of people and I needed to get into a cab."

According to a City of Toronto spokesperson, the mayor went to his office at city hall after the game, where he remained until about 1:30 a.m. He was there with two other people for most of the night, the spokesperson told CP24.

When asked on Monday what he was doing there, the mayor replied, "I can do whatever I want. It is my office….You guys ask stupid questions."

After his late-night office visit, Ford said he then went to Muzik, a nightclub at the Exhibition Place, after receiving a call from "Z," an apparent reference to the club's president, Zlatko Starkovski.

"Z called me and said you want to come by Muzik, so I went by Muzik."

Ford also addressed reports that he had been booted out of the ACC.

"I never got kicked out of the game…. I had a great time and that is pretty much it."

He also told reporters that he was not "irate," as some have suggested, after he was not allowed into the arena's Directors Lounge.

According to Di Giorgio, Ford was suggesting to others that he was being punished for his vote against granting Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment a $10-million loan to expand BMO Field, home of the Toronto FC.

Di Giorgio said Monday that although the mayor might have been upset after being denied access to the lounge, he was not "ready to tangle with anybody and everybody."

"He wasn't pushing his way to the lounge and insisting he be given access."

Ford said Monday that if the MLSE is "upset" with him for his vote, "that's fine, I’m not upset with them."

In response to the incident, the MLSE told CP24 that the mayor was refused access to the lounge due to a private event.

With files from CP24