'Soup' Guy Joel McHale Answers Your Questions

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Speaking of The Girls Next Door, EMILEE asks, ''How do you get away with making fun of other E! shows?'' Not that we want you to stop.
JOEL McHALE: E! is incredibly good to us. They are really generous with what they let us say about the Kardashians, about The Girls Next Door, about Dr. 90210. Seacrest is a really good sport. With [Dina] Lohan and Denise Richards coming on [the network with reality shows], it's gonna be a bloodbath. I hope.

Many people wanted to know how Seacrest takes the ribbing. [It should be noted that when McHale phoned us, his opening line was, ''This... is Ryan Seacrest.'']
He lets me make fun of him a lot, and I can't thank him enough for that. I think he's too distracted by him carrying the pile of money out every day.

On your recent Jimmy Kimmel appearance, you said that you haven't actually had any bad in-person run-ins with celebs you've dissed on the air. That was a popular question. MONA, however, wants to know who you're afraid to run into.
I fear Tyra. I don't want to know what she would do with me, but I think her wig doubles as some sort of incredible slingshot.

Watch a clip of McHale ribbing Tyra:

So, no contact with her yet?
No. Well, she tried to have us stop [showing clips], that's about it. I'm tryin' to think how I'm gonna word that... Let's just say she's not a fan of mine. [Representatives for Tyra Banks did not return calls for comment by press time.]

The only question we got that was somewhat critical of you was the following, from AA: ''Why do you go for the fat joke so often, and why is it only when a woman gains a couple? You're much funnier than that.''
Clearly, coming from a fat woman. [Laughs] What fatty asked that question? [To Lee] Is that bad? I seem to make fun of almost every feature of almost every human being on the planet, whether they're the Anorexic Twins or they are rogue elephants. So it's pretty much open season.... But, I like ''What fatty asked that question?'' [Laughs]

Let's talk about people who definitely love you. How do you feel about your gay following?
I'm more concerned about my bisexual following. They're a little confused at times as to where they're going. Who said I have a gay following? That's great.

Well, there's NATHAN, who says, ''I hate to threaten your masculinity by saying this, Joel, but I find you very attractive. You're absolutely adorable, and many of my male friends feel the same way. How does it make you feel to be wanted by so many gay men?''
I think it's fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!! [Yes, he instructed us to use 12 exclamation points.]

Last question: How much longer will you be on The Soup? People want to know what you've got cooking.
Well, I love doing The Soup, and I have no plans to leave it because, you know, there is a lot of television to watch. The Soup is great because I have a very flexible schedule and that allows me to do stuff like [an episode of Pushing Daisies]. And I did two [ill-fated] pilots, one that was for CBS and one that was picked up by NBC but then was canceled by the regime change there. So, my plan is to do both [The Soup and acting] at once. So very Seacrest-y of me. And I'm shootin' a movie in April. I think it's called Lucky. It's with Donal Logue and Heather Graham. It's about a serial killer who wins the lottery. I play Heather Graham's boyfriend that dumps her, and then eventually, gets murdered.

You had a great death scene on Pushing Daisies.
Thank you.

Is this the direction you're heading in?
I hope to die in every production I'm in. That's my goal.