This is a rush transcript from "Hannity," June 16, 2011. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Kara DioGuardi became a household name when she joined the panel of judges on "American Idol" back in 2009. But her accomplishments in the music industry go well beyond her two seasons sitting next to that mean guy, Simon Cowell.

Kara is a Grammy nominated writer her songs have appeared on over 159 million albums or CDs we call them now. Anyway, she has worked with countless artists from Carrie Underwood to Celine Dion.

And in between writing hit songs she is head judge on the brand new show, "Platinum Hit." And you can catch it on Bravo Monday nights 10 Eastern. Take a look.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP "PLATINUM HIT"/BRAVO)

KARA DIOGUARDI, JUDGE: The first line, atrocious. Who came up with that? It is horrid.

JEWEL, JUDGE: "I don't believe in losing sleep wishing that I woulda"?

DIOGUARDI: What does it mean?!

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE CONTESTANT: I don't believe in losing sleep wishing that I would have done anything. Would of, could of, should of. Like, I don't want to waste my life and lose sleep thinking, like, I just need to get up and do something. I'm going to get up and do it.

KEITH NAFTALY, RCA/JIVE: It was like, puzzling.

DIOGUARDI: Opening line, baby.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

HANNITY: All right, joining me now of "A Helluva High Note, Surviving Life, Love and American Idol" singer, song writer, the one and only Kara DioGuardi is here.

DIOGUARDI: It's so great to meet you.

HANNITY: I'm really honored to meet you because I have watched every season. I TiVo it, DVR it, I love it. I never wanted you to go, what happened?

DIOGUARDI: You know, it was just -- it was time. The first year was really tough for me coming into that situation where you got three people that everybody loves. There's no reason to break up the chemistry -- I mean, the fourth judge? You know, those words, they still are hard to say.

HANNITY: You really open your heart and soul in this book. I actually felt for you many times. One of the things I was like aw -- I always thought you did a good job -- you said they would introduce all the other judges they would get massive applause. You felt like you were getting --

DIOGUARDI: Crickets. I was trying to clap by the mic to make people think, you know, it was just, who is this girl? And the name for television, Kara DioGuardi, it was like Carla Delaguardia. (ph)

HANNITY: Where did Hannity come from? We can share that --

DIOGUARDI: Hannity is a lot easier than DioGuardi. I got to tell you.

HANNITY: True. But you had never watched the show. That was another thing I didn't know.

DIOGUARDI: I hadn't because, you know, that was my life. It was being in the studio with artists and listening all day to songs and critiquing performances. When I got home that was the last thing I wanted to do was watch more music.

HANNITY: Yes, but it's unimaginable to me considering this is what your life was. The other thing, I know your dad.

DIOGUARDI: Yes, he's big fan.

HANNITY: It's funny because your dad -- you had a great voice as a young kid and then you said I'm never singing again.

DIOGUARDI: Yes, he used to kind of just be like, you know, we would be at a family gathering. He would be like, all right everyone, quiet. Kara is going to sing. And I'd be like, what, I am?

I had stage fright. I think it was more about I wanted to be perfect. I wanted to do it well and I didn't enjoy the process of music. I didn't enjoy singing.

Unfortunately, I kind of steered myself away from being creative for a long time in my life and I got myself into some trouble. I talk about being depressed, dealing with an eating disorder.

And when I finally back to being creative and doing what I should have been doing from the beginning, I got healthy.

HANNITY: You know, this is part of the revealing part. You even talked about one time you checked into a hospital and they put you a psych ward. That is not where you're going. You talk about -- and this was hard to read. You were molested. I think you were 11-years-old. You experienced date rape.

How much of that horrible life experiences, really down times, impacts your ability to write a song?

I was telling you before we came on the air. I'm a huge music lover. That has to have an impact. You bring that to your music.

DIOGUARDI: It does. People would say how can you be so revealing in your book, how can you talk about these things? I can't talk about my songs without talking about my life. The best songs pull from your life.

When you have issues like being molested or eating disorders and these things in your life, they impact the relationships that you have. Some of my male relationships were not perfect, because I didn't feel good about myself. That's when you get "Walk Away" from Kelly Clarkson or "Undo It" which I wrote for Carrie Underwood.

HANNITY: Unbelievable, all these artists that I love. I think they are tremendous.

I thought one of the other sad things, the relationship with your mom, she had cancer. When you told her about the rape issue, she swept it under the rug.

DIOGUARDI: I think it was really a time thing. This was 30 years ago. My mother -- there were no Oprahs out there to tell her what to do. It wasn't something you spoke about. You know, it was an Italian-Catholic family, hush hush about those things. I don't think I heard my parents say the word "sex" until I was 19.

HANNITY: My kids will never hear it. It doesn't exist.

DIOGUARDI: No, it doesn't.