This story reveals that Ted Cruz's soup obsession goes beyond anything we ever imagined

Ted Cruz has a soup obsession.
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They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, but the way to Ted Cruz's heart is through a can of soup. His wife, Heidi, learned that the hard way.

In a bizarre anecdote explained Wednesday night during CNN's town hall, Heidi Cruz said that after getting married and returning from their honeymoon, her husband went off to the grocery store alone. When he returned, he had 100 cans of Campbell's Chunky soup in tow:

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Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.