Kara DioGuardi gave an interview to Maxim magazine and posed for a sexy pictorial to accompany it.  The comely brunette confesses that more than one contestant has hit on her. “I got a couple of proposals and thought maybe I’d want to divorce my husband,” she tells the magazine laughing. Kara said she got the Idol job because of her reputation for being “ballsy and outspoken.”… “They knew I wouldn’t clam up and go under the desk. Although I did want to, believe me!” she said.

Kara also said she missed Paula Abul, but was excited when talk show host Ellen DeGeneres joined the show.  “I missed her. She was so nurturing,” she says of Paula. “I wouldn’t say I have the maternal instinct that she had, though. I’m a little bit more New York, a little more hard-edge.”

When asked if she’s sad about Simon leaving, Kara says, “I have no idea. All I can say is the guy can do things not many folks can get away with, and people like when someone is true to himself.”  She’s also incredibly happy about Ellen joining the show (”I was like, ‘Rock on!’”)… “The thing with Ellen, I don’t think everybody understands is that she’s a huge music lover. That’s what you need to be on Idol,” she added.

Check out the full interview over at Maxim.com.