I like Kim Kardashian and her family. Before you roll your eyes and click the ‘X’ in the top right corner, just hear me out. She’s a loving wife and mother, successful business woman, and the Kardashians are undeniably some of the most influential people on social media. They just happened to rise to fame in a rather…explicit way.

Everyone knows about the sex tape scandal and are so quick to slut shame her about it to demote her success, but think of it like this: she managed to take an incident that could’ve potentially ruined her life, ran with it, and turned it into an opportunity for not just herself, but her entire family. Thus, the television phenomenon Keeping Up With the Kardashians was born.

Of course, Kim shines as the star of the show with the most screen time, but the rest of the family has proved that they have their talents as well. Kendall is one of the most in demand models in the industry, Khloe and Kourtney have their successful DASH stores and are in the process of expanding them, Kylie is beginning to grow her makeup empire with her lip kits and now a new line of eyeshadows, and Rob has a popular line of socks.

KUWTK has been on television for almost a decade and has turned Kim and her family into household names. Almost every moment of their lives since 2007 have been documented and America has had a front row seat to every second. Of course, being reality television, there are some things that are exaggerated and maybe even fabricated for the sake of a plot, but the heart of the show is sincere: they’re just a large crazy family living life, fighting, making up, and loving each other unconditionally.