Kelly Clarkson, 41, models a PLUNGING hippie chic dress with a belt that displays her shrunken waistline... after losing weight

Kelly Clarkson tried a new look on her talk show on Tuesday.

After several days of wearing what could be called business smart attire, the singer modeled a hippie chic country look.

And the frock showed off her figure nicely.

It was plunging in front, showing off her chest, and was also belted, which highlighted her smaller waistline after losing weight this summer. 

The 41-year-old American Idol veteran had Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr on her program.

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.

She added two gold necklaces, and long earrings as she wore her blonde hair to the side.

Kelly and Leslie talked about singing as a child. 'We lived in a very small duplex and I don't think my neighbors liked my singing either,' she said.

The two liked singing to Whitney Houston, especially The Greatest Love Of All.

Clarkson said she also did 'play and record' and she recorded over other people. Leslie said he did his own background vocals and 'keep flipping.'

Kelly said she didn't have the ability to use the background vocals because that 'cost more,' she added.

And they talked about their love of journaling. 'I love it, it makes me feel good to get it out,' as Leslie said journaling changed his life. He wakes up before his wife and kids and journals. 'It's a chance for me to find out where I am before the day starts.' 

Mike Birbiglia was also on the show who said he journals too and likes to 'see my own life as a story.'  TV host Kelly has never looked better.

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.

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. 

'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. 

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.