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Sen. Ted Cruz maintains that Donald Trump's allies planted the National Enquirer story. | AP Photo Cruz: Trump's personal life 'hasn’t been immaculate'

MADISON, Wis. — Ted Cruz turned the tables on Donald Trump on Monday, referencing his rival’s private foibles and accusing Trump’s allies of planting a story that said the Texas senator had had multiple extramarital affairs.

“I don’t think it’s a state secret that Donald’s personal life hasn’t been immaculate,” Cruz said in a conversation with Fox News' Megyn Kelly, adding that he didn't want to address the issue further.

Cruz also again dismissed as entirely inaccurate a National Enquirer tabloid story accusing Cruz of having multiple affairs. “It’s completely made-up nonsense, it’s simply not true. … I’ve always been faithful to my wife; I love my wife; she’s my best friend in the whole world.”

Cruz said Trump’s allies planted the story, a charge the Trump campaign says is untrue.

Kelly pressed Cruz on abortion, following Trump’s remarks (which he quickly took back) that if the procedure were outlawed, women who have abortions should be punished.

Cruz's own anti-abortion position does not allow for exceptions for rape victims. Cruz said that as solicitor general of Texas, he pushed for the toughest punishments for rapists — but “as horrible as the crime is, I don’t view it as the child’s fault.”

Cruz also reiterated that he is not running to be “pastor in chief.”

“It’s not for the president to stand up and say, ‘You’re going to hell,’” he said. The job, he continued, is “to be commander in chief.”

Cruz's full interview with Kelly will air Monday night.