Trump, Angry over Melania Pic, Threatens Cruz's Wife

Donald Trump Tuesday threatened to "spill the beans" about Ted Cruz's wife after an anti-Trump super PAC released ads in Utah featuring a nude picture of the front-runner's wife from a British GQ magazine spread from her modeling days.

Trump said on Twitter:

Lyin' Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a G.Q. shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2016

But the ads were released by Make America Awesome, a group founded by Republican strategist Liz Mair that is not affiliated with the Cruz campaign, and the picture comes from a 2000 spread, Vox reports.

The ads sought to increase turnout among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for Utah's primary on Tuesday, according to Vox.

Not long after Trump released the tweet, however, Mair responded with her own post:

.@realDonaldTrump Hi Donald, I know you're really upset about that ad, but it was Make America Awesome's, not Ted Cruz's.

— Liz Mair (@LizMair) March 23, 2016

Cruz then sent his own tweet:

Pic of your wife not from us. Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you're more of a coward than I thought. #classless https://t.co/0QpKSnjgnE

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 23, 2016