Ted Cruz's latest doppelgänger is a guest on Maury

Ted Cruz and his unnamed doppelgänger.
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Ted Cruz has a surprising number of doppelgängers, including but not limited to Michael Sweet of the Christian heavy metal band Stryper, Grandpa Munster, and a villain in an animated Barbie movie. It's time to add a guest from the Maury show to this ever-expanding list.

The guest in question appeared on Monday's show, "5 Men Tested…Will I Find My Daughter's Father Today?" A Reddit user uploaded a screenshot from the episode showing Ted, I mean, the unnamed Maury guest, and the internet did a double take (one commenter on New York's website described her as looking "more like Ted Cruz than Ted Cruz does").

On Tuesday, Maury cleared up the rumor on Facebook: "The Lie Detector Test determined…that was a LIE! Ted Cruz is just NOT that SEXY!" At least the guest now has a reason to come back for another episode: "Help! I Could Be Ted Cruz's Long-lost Twin."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.