Norm Macdonald Tweets Rob Ford Support Amid Cancer Diagnosis

Canadian comedian Norm Macdonald is standing firm in Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's corner as the politician fights a rare cancer.

The ex-"Saturday Night Live" star showed his support for the mayor in a series of tweets Monday, days after Ford underwent his first round of chemotherapy.

My prayers continue to be with @TOMayorFord, for a speedy recovery, to help him bear the pain he will need to endure.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) September 22, 2014

Since the terrine news, I have given a deal of thought to @TOMayorFord, who I admire greatly.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) September 22, 2014

Life is a hard coin for all of us, but think what @TOMayorFord has had to suffer.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) September 22, 2014

He has been attacked for his sins by the sinners who carry microphones and shout ugly questions at him, And @TOMayorFord smiles and laughs.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) September 22, 2014

He's one of those guys, @TOMayorFord, who everybody hates. Everybody but the people of Toronto.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) September 22, 2014

But, under attack for being a man, for a man is a sinner and nothing else, @TOMayorFord refuses to quit. He loves the people of Toronto.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) September 22, 2014

And, so, now he has had to quit, @TOMayorFord, he has been attacked by something real, something frightening, something big.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) September 22, 2014

But, @TOMayorFord knows God, and knows his infinite mercy.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) September 22, 2014

He faces it all now, but I believe @TOMayorFord will face it with dignity. He'll laugh in it's goddamned face is what he'll do.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) September 22, 2014

Send @TOMayorFord your letters of love and support. Put a smile on the big man's face. It will help him.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) September 22, 2014

I love you, @TOMayorFord, and you will be in my prayers until you are fully recovered and sit in City Council. God is with you, sir.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) September 22, 2014

Macdonald has a habit for telling long, poignant stories on Twitter that goes well beyond the 140-character limit.

In the wake of Robin Williams' death he tweeted a lengthy story about how he met the "funniest man alive" when he was just starting as a comedian.

And in June, he recounted talking to a friend who hid in his home after a gunman killed three officers in Moncton, N.B.

While one can perhaps disagree with Macdonald's characterization of the mayor, it's difficult not to share his sympathy for a man "not doing well" after three rounds of chemo.