Ford attends Bills game, allegedly steals seat

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his driver Jerry Agyemang, right, watch the Buffalo Bills play the Atlanta Falcons. (Mark Blinch/CP)

Sportsnet Staff December 1, 2013, 5:57 PM

Toronto mayor Rob Ford showed up to the NFL game at Rogers Centre this Sunday between the Buffalo Bills and the Atlanta Falcons, to the delight of some and dismay of others. A flurry of tweets and photos quickly popped up, showing the mayor coming into the stadium flanked by police, as well as enjoying chicken wings mid-game in a Fred Jackson jersey.

Along with the attention Ford drew simply by showing up to the game, Canadian indie rocker Matt Mays tweeted that the mayor allegedly stole his seat, tossing another log on the Ford fire.

Rob Ford is sitting in my seat at the Bills game. He stole my seat. I don't know what to do.

— Matt Mays (@MattMays) December 1, 2013

I'm by myself. I gotta kick him out right? I mean I would kick anyone else out… Am I wrong?

— Matt Mays (@MattMays) December 1, 2013

The mayor stole my f@#%ing seat man!!

— Matt Mays (@MattMays) December 1, 2013

Fans and media reacted to Ford’s presence and the news of the stolen seat, lighting up Twitter.
https://twitter.com/MorganPCampbell/statuses/407274268615929857

Rob Ford didn’t take that guy’s seat. He’s a happily married man, he has plenty of seats at home.

— Brian

The guy whose seat Rob Ford stole, @MattMays, once recorded a song called 'Cocaine Cowgirl.' Small world, right?

— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) December 1, 2013

https://twitter.com/richarddeitsch/statuses/407263862107701248

Somehow Rob Ford seems at home with an NFL crowd. Lots of backward baseball hats and jerseys and young males acting badly.

— Jeff Blair (@SNJeffBlair) December 1, 2013

https://twitter.com/SeanFitz_Gerald/statuses/407276315197603840
https://twitter.com/markdsheldon/statuses/407266002544521216
https://twitter.com/cathalkelly/statuses/407278407093743616

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