Hollywood is a tough town. Just ask Kara DioGuardi. Or her dad. Per her father, DiGuardi was not only fired by American Idol, she found out about her ousting through the media, like the rest of us! That is just cruel.

Kara’s father, Joe DioGuardi, is running for a Republican senate seat and told NY-based TV show Capitol Tonight that Kara had no idea what was coming to her. “Would you believe she did not hear, and still has not heard, anything?” Joe said. “She read it the way you did and I did. Her disappointment is that that’s the way she’s being treated and she feels that’s not proper. I think they’re trying to create a lot of buzz like they did with Paula Abdul.”

Joe also says he thinks his daughter will be fine because she is deeply rooted in the music industry. “She’ll be fine,” he said. “Would she want to do it another year? I think so … I think at some point [she] will confront them on that.”

As far as who will judge American Idol Season 10, it seems like our guess is as good as the powers to be at Fox since the potential candidates seem to change on an hourly basis.

Here is the interview with Kara’s father. He talks about her starting at the 4:11 mark.