After weeks of speculation, we reported this week that Khloe Kardashian had officially signed on to co-host X-Factor (along with Mario Lopez.) But what we didn’t know…that deal almost never came to be! In fact, E! network and X-Factor agents had nearly come to a complete halt with negotiations and were just about to say forget it, when one person jumped in and saved the day. Can you guess who?

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Khloe’s mom and manager (momager, if you will), Kris Jenner! TMZ reports:

Sources say Kris “stepped in over the agents … over everyone” and forced both networks to sit down with her and hash out a deal … which they eventually did.

As one source puts it, “She just knows how to make sh*t happen.”

What would those girls do without her!