Kelly Clarkson wore all black while on her daytime talk show on Monday.
The country crooner turned pop sensation looked slender in the belted black leather jumpsuit that highlighted her trim waistline as she added pointy Perspex and black heels.
The Texas native has lost a dramatic amount of weight this fall after finally moving on from a messy divorce from Brandon Blackstock, with whom she has two children.
The songbird wore her highlighted hair down over her shoulders as she wore plum toned makeup and added gold necklaces with gold hoop earrings.
The 41-year-old American Idol veteran had Footloose actor Kevin Bacon and Ego Nwodim her show. ‘Start your week off on the right foot,’ Kelly wrote on her show’s Instagram page.
So chic: Kelly Clarkson wore all black while on her daytime talk show on Monday. The country crooner turned pop sensation looked slender in the belted black leather jumpsuit that highlighted her trim waistline after losing a dramatic amount of weight this fall
Guests: The 41-year-old American Idol veteran had Footloose actor Kevin Bacon and Ego Nwodim her show. ‘Start your week off on the right foot,’ Kelly wrote on her show’s Instagram page
When Kevin sat down with Kelly he said he moved to New York City in 1976 from Philadelphia. The husband of Kyra Sedgwick said he loved Manhattan and Kelly said she was a fan of NYC too,
‘It’ snot a cheap city,’ said Clarkson.
Bacon added he lived in basically a ‘flophouse’ that was dedicated to actors and artists.
The apartment he settled for was small, and he shared it with a classical piantist for four years, he said. The roommate worked nights at the Cocacabana, added Kwvin.
Kelly told her own story: she moved to Los Angeles with a woman she did not know, their apartment burned down, and she had to sleep in her car for a while before she landed American Idol, which changed her life, said Kelly in a story she has told many times.
Also on her show, Kelly hosted Morning Save where they went over Cyber Monday deals. Among the items she chatted up was a 15 piece Cuisinart pot and pan set. It was over $600 retail but is available for $159.99.
The star has slimmed down after making ‘better life choices’ in the wake of her messy divorce and brutal custody battle, DailyMail.com shared exclusively last week.
The slim-down fueled speculation that she had turned to surgery – or the new celebrity favorite, Ozempic – to shed the pounds.
Bacon day: She was also seen in a black sweater with letters in different colors on front
Glam day: The songbird wore her highlighted hair down over her shoulders as she wore plum toned makeup and added gold necklaces with gold hoop earrings
Kelly has yet to publicly address her transformation, but a source has insisted that she will speak openly with fans if she has used Ozempic.
‘If she were to have taken Ozempic, or if she were to take it in the future, she would be the first person to share that with the world,’ they said.
‘She wouldn’t keep that a secret. She is very transparent and real, and that is the person she always has been. Kelly doesn’t BS anyone.’
Her divorce, relocating from Los Angeles to New York City, and wanting to be ‘healthier’ for her children – River Rose, nine, and Remington Alexander, seven – are all thought to be behind her decision to focus on her well-being.
‘She is now in New York, and the stresses of divorce and those who talked about the toxic work environment at her show have really taken all the toll they could, and now her well-being and health are more of a focus for her and that improvement is now happening,’ the source continued.
‘She is making better life decisions and making decisions that are right for her and her family.
According to a source close to Kelly (pictured left in March 2022), she likely had ‘a little nudge from somewhere’
‘Now that she is a single mom, she wants to be healthy for her kids and be around for a long time, so just like everything else, she has maintained her new life and her weight with a structure of doing things the old-fashioned way, through hard work.’
Kelly first flaunted her new figure on Instagram on Saturday as she prepared for an appearance on Jimmy Fallon.
Predictably, fans were quick to comment on the sizzling new snap, with many questioning if she had used Ozempic – a medication used to treat type 2 Diabetes but also has a weight loss side effect.
Celebrities including Sharon Osbourne, Tracy Morgan and Amy Schumer have all used Ozempic.
Kelly, who won the first season of American Idol in 2002, also showed off her slimmed down form while attending the We Can Survive concert in support of mental health awareness on October 14.
The ex: The star’s weight has fluctuated through the years as she welcomed two kids – River Rose, 9, and Remington Alexander, 7 – with her now ex-husband. They are seen in 2019
In 2020 she admitted that she felt ‘more pressure’ in the music industry when she was thin.
The Since U Been Gone singer said that she used to be shown naked magazine covers of women and told ‘this is what you’re competing with.’
‘I felt more pressure. It was more of magazines shoved in front of you and, ‘This is what you’re competing with and we’ve got to compete with it.’ I can’t compete with that. That’s not even my image. That’s not who I am. That’s who they are,’ she told Glamour UK.
Kelly and her ex, Brandon, were married for seven years before they split in 2020, setting off a protracted bout of legal squabbling over money.
The divorce dragged on for a year and a half before it was ultimately finalized in March of 2022. It led to a brutal custody fight between the exes, with Clarkson eventually securing primary custody.
Kelly released a bitter break-up album earlier this year called Chemistry that detailed the ‘good, the bad and the ugly’ of her relationship with Brandon.
She recently moved to New York City with their children for a ‘fresh start’ and will now host her self-titled talk show out of the Big Apple.