Although comedian/writer Joel McHale has been mocking the Kardashians as host and executive producers of E’s The Soup for as long as the controversial family has been famous, he also knows who pays the bills.

McHale, 43, opens up about his fellow E! stars in a new interview with The Daily Beast, surprisingly acknowledging their importance in his life.

“Their celebrity has reached a level that E! never dreamt of, and forThe Soup, they are in the news every day — even if they do nothing,” he explains. “Yesterday it was ‘Kim Kardashian Is Taking Piano Lessons! ‘This is not news! No one really cares about it, but everyone talks about it, and it’s happening!”

“I guess I have to thank them for the cars that I own and the house that I live in and for the education for my children, because they have, in a very weird way, paid for it,” he admits.

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