# More Ted Cruz lies: His wife is not who she seems (Verified!) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 23, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918 "2016-02-23T22:18:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WPA-Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WPA-Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WPA-Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/1 "2016-02-23T22:18:53Z")
Ted Cruz in known to make up stories to suit his ambitions. His citizenship is phony, he tries to trick voters into voting for him, etc. But an investigation has revealed the truth about his family life: he has hired an actress to portray his wife! In reality, he is married to Ana Gasteyer, late of SNL, who is portraying “Heidi” Cruz. Website [wellaware1.com](http://wellaware1.com) made the original discovery and [gawker.com](http://gawker.com) contacted Ana Gasteyer herself who confirmed the story. “On the record, I need to state that it is in fact me.” , says Gasteyer in an email to [gawker.com](http://gawker.com). > **[EXCLUSIVE: Ana Gasteyer Confirms Conspiracy Theory: She Is Ted Cruz's Unhappy...](https://blackbag.gawker.com/exclusive-ana-gasteyer-confirms-conspiracy-theory-she-1759638985)** > > Yesterday, Gawker brought you an examination of a surprising conspiracy theory that touches the upper reaches of the Republican presidential primary race. Today, one of the conspiracy’s key players confirms that the theory is true—well, part of it,... [http://wellaware1.com/newsite/gawker/](http://wellaware1.com/newsite/gawker/) Just the kind of information Donald Trump is looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/2 "2016-02-23T22:36:37Z")
None of the Gawker links seem to point to anything related to your OP and the wellaware website is so awful that it may have permanently damaged my eyeballs. What else do you got? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/3 "2016-02-23T22:40:38Z")
This is BIG news. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/4 "2016-02-23T22:40:42Z")
> [@WPA-Guy](#): > > His citizenship is phony, This is a lie. His Canadian citizenship is real. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/5 "2016-02-23T22:51:33Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > This is a lie. His Canadian citizenship is real. Yes, but we got Gretzky, Lemieux, Yzerman, Sakic, Smyth, Crosby, Bossy, Trottier, and Glenn Anderson if we agreed to take him. Look if we have to give him back **and** those guys, Canada better Fucking take back Ryan Reynolds too… ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/6 "2016-02-23T22:58:49Z")
> [@WPA-Guy](#): > > Ted Cruz in known to make up stories to suit his ambitions. His citizenship is phony, Sigh. Cruz is a natural born citizen. Deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/7 "2016-02-23T23:12:02Z")
I confess I was sceptical until I saw the word “verified” in the title. ---
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/8 "2016-02-23T23:46:19Z")
The exclamation point did it for me. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/9 "2016-02-24T00:03:09Z")
Someone should water the plant. The only thing one wonders is if it belongs to a Rubio or Trump kind. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/10 "2016-02-24T00:17:15Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Sigh. Cruz is a natural born citizen. Deal with it. Right, because he had an American mother which is all that’s required. It surprises no one Birthers are mute on the topic now. ---
**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/11 "2016-02-24T00:28:19Z")
What do you expect from the [Zodiac Killer](http://www.dailydot.com/lol/ted-cruz-may-be-the-zodiac-killer/)? ---
**Author:** ![WPA-Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WPA-Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WPA-Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/12 "2016-02-24T00:36:01Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Right, because he had an American mother which is all that’s required. It surprises no one Birthers are mute on the topic now. According to [birthers.org](http://birthers.org): [http://birthers.org/](http://birthers.org/) MARTIAL LAW TO BE DECLARED! DEMOCRATS HAVE EVIDENCE READY AND IN POSITION TO GO FULL SCOTUS BIRTHER ON TED CRUZ Finally, the Truth from the definitive source! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/13 "2016-02-24T00:45:07Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Sigh. Cruz is a natural born citizen. Deal with it. I have been looking for copies of his birth certificate online and can’t find anything. Can you point me to it? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/14 "2016-02-24T00:50:52Z")
The _long form_, if you please. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/15 "2016-02-24T03:35:11Z")
> [@WPA-Guy](#): > > His citizenship is phony, he tries to trick voters into voting for him, etc. Etc. is such a useful locution. It allows one to to say pretty much nothing at all. ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/16 "2016-02-24T05:23:05Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Etc. is such a useful locution. It allows one to to say pretty much nothing at all. Heh. Look who’s talking. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/17 "2016-02-24T05:27:48Z")
> [@WPA-Guy](#): > > According to [birthers.org](http://birthers.org): > > [http://birthers.org/](http://birthers.org/) > > MARTIAL LAW TO BE DECLARED! > > DEMOCRATS HAVE EVIDENCE READY AND IN POSITION TO GO FULL SCOTUS BIRTHER ON TED CRUZ > > Finally, the Truth from the definitive source! Dude, never go full SCOTUS Birther. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/18 "2016-02-24T05:36:15Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Yes, but we got Gretzky, Lemieux, Yzerman, Sakic, Smyth, Crosby, Bossy, Trottier, and Glenn Anderson if we agreed to take him. > > Look if we have to give him back **and** those guys, Canada better Fucking take back Ryan Reynolds too… No, no, no. Deadpool gives him amnesty. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/19 "2016-02-24T14:59:39Z")
> [@WPA-Guy](#): > > Ted Cruz in known to make up stories to suit his ambitions. So you don’t like liars? > [@](#): > > His citizenship is phony You must hate yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918/20 "2016-02-24T15:06:35Z")
[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18228787&postcount=20) is an interesting bit from the OP: > [@](#): > > I am by no means want to be associated with birthers. I know his citizenship would pass muster (except by crazy people). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-ted-cruz-lies-his-wife-is-not-who-she-seems-verified/746918.md?page=2)