Kara DioGuardi accidentally got married on Sunday, forgetting that American Idol isn’t in season and thereby forfeiting the chance to use the wedding as free show promotion:

American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi wed longtime boyfriend, contractor Mike McCuddy, Sunday in Prospect Harbor, Maine…

Pastor Scott Nurse, Sr. – who officiated the ceremony at the Prospect Harbor Methodist Church – told Us their wedding was “very sweet.”

“They are absolutely in love with each other,” he told Us. “When I told him he could kiss the bride, everybody cheered. It was a very close, small family-type service.”

Why are you getting married now, Kara? You’re supposed to wait until the week before the next Idol season premieres so you can grab tabloid covers, circle the talk shows, and exploit your ceremony to promote the project you’re involved with. Don’t you know how shameless promotion works? This is Celebrity 101 stuff we’re talking about here.

I mean, are you just getting married because you enjoy one another’s companionship?? That’s pretty damn selfish.

You better get pregnant and deliver a baby with a f*cked-up name during Idol Season 9 or your celebrity status is officially revoked.