Cruz’s Daughter Just Let A Big Secret About Ted Slip On National TV – ‘Uh-Oh…’
Kids say the darnedest things.
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During a town hall broadcast live on CNN on Wednesday night, Sen. Ted Cruz’s daughter revealed something that caused the presidential candidate to exclaim, “Uh-oh.”
Cruz was joined on stage during the event by his wife, Heidi, and his daughters Caroline, 8, and Catherine, 5. While Catherine stayed quiet sitting on her mother’s lap, Catherine interjected her thoughts at various points.
The candidate related that raising two girls inevitably includes “moments of humility.” He elaborated, “Such as more than once they have put every one of their hair ribbons all over daddy. We don’t allow photographs of that. That is a rule,” he joked, causing the audience to laugh. (See video below.)
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“Indeed, just a couple of days ago I was back for Caroline’s daddy-daughter picnic at school, which featured all the dads running and playing games,” Cruz said.
Caroline, who began to giggle as he recalled the event jumped in saying, “My favorite.”
“Your favorite was that she got to dress up daddy in, like, this pink boa,” the candidate continued, “and these, like, big goofy-looking underwear — “
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“Uh oh,” said Cruz, throwing up his hands.
“And now it’s a class video that they’re sending out to all the parents,” Caroline said.
Cruz clearly took a moment to take in that fact, likely visualizing what media coverage might come from it.
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CNN’s Anderson Cooper can be heard off camera saying, “Hum.”
Another light-hearted moment came when Heidi mentioned that Caroline likes playing a game requiring her to organize all 50 states by geographic location, adding her favorite state is New York. The crowd picked up on the irony and chuckled in light of Cruz’s comment about “New York values.”
h/t: Mediaite