Kelly Clarkson models a plunging dress after weight loss as she shows off the CROSS ring on the wedding finger… 4 years after leaving Brandon Blackstock

Kelly Clarkson once again showed off her slim new figure on Thursday.

The country singer wore a stunning, low-cut black dress that was very flattering as the star wore high heels on her daytime talk show.

The American Idol veteran oozed confidence just months after she started losing weight.

Four years after divorcing husband Brandon Blackstock, she also showed off a gold cross ring on her wedding finger.

And the 41-year-old host happily posed with her guests that day: astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and musician Bernie Taupin.

‘Today’s Kelly is out of this WORLD! Enjoy the fun with our favorite astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and the legendary Bernie Taupin PLUS, an unseen moment from Alanis Songs & Stories!’ the caption on her show’s Instagram account.

Kelly seemed to enjoy her conversation with DeGrasse, who said he was a male dancer while studying astrophysics. “I was cut, I was flexible, I could do a full split…” he said.

And he said he almost worked at a male strip club, but decided against it when he saw the dancers on stage lighting their jockstraps on fire.

He then scared Kelly with a recent scientific discovery showing that there is a chance an asteroid will collide with Earth in 160 years.

Tyson brought the images from the James Webb Space Telescope – including exploding stars, the Pillars of God and Jupiter like you’ve never seen before – to her show with an immersive green screen space experience.

Neil also shared how his new documentary Shot in the Arm combats anti-scientific thinking and presented his new book To Infinity and Beyond.

Taupin shared a hilarious story from his new memoir Scattershot, about the night he, Freddie Mercury and Billie Jean King were caught in the middle of a fight at a drag bar in New York City in the early ’70s.

And Kelly was joined by Alanis Morissette to sing Uninvited.

In a never-before-seen moment from Kelly’s interview with Morissette last month, Alanis talked about how she wrote her iconic song Uninvited for the City of Angels movie soundtrack in just 15 minutes.

Clarkson has lost a lot of weight and she seems very proud of it.

The star has slimmed down after making “better life choices” in the wake of her messy divorce and brutal custody battle from Brandon Blackstock, DailyMail.com exclusively revealed last week.

She revealed her shocking weight loss transformation in early October and showed off her curves on her talk show.

The slimming fueled speculation that she had undergone surgery – or the new celebrity favorite Ozempic – to shed the pounds.

Kelly has not yet publicly discussed her transformation, but a source has insisted she will speak openly to fans if she has used Ozempic.

“If she took Ozempic, or if she took it in the future, she would be the first person to share it with the world,” they said.

‘She wouldn’t want to keep that a secret. She’s very transparent and real, and that’s the person she’s always been. Kelly BS no one.”

Her divorce, move from Los Angeles to New York City and a desire to be “healthier” for her children – River Rose, nine, and Remington Alexander, seven – are all believed to be behind her decision to focus on to focus on her well-being.

“She’s in New York now, and the stress of the divorce and those who spoke about the toxic work environment on her show really took all the toll they could, and now her well-being and health are more of a focus for her and that improvement is happening now,” the source continued.

“She’s making better life decisions and making decisions that are right for her and her family.

“Now that she’s a single mom, she wants to be healthy for her kids and stay with them for a long time, so like everything else, she’s been managing her new life and her weight with a structure for doing things the old-fashioned way. way, through hard work.’

Kelly showed off her new figure for the first time on Instagram on Saturday as she prepared for a performance on Jimmy Fallon.

Predictably, fans were quick to comment on the sizzling new snap, with many wondering if she had been taking Ozempic – a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes but also has a weight loss side effect.

Celebrities like 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 figure while attending the We Can Survive concert in support of mental health awareness on Oct. 14.

In 2020, she admitted that she felt “more pressure” in the music industry when she was skinny.

The Since U Been Gone singer said she was shown naked magazine covers of women and said, “This is what you’re competing with.”

‘I felt more pressure. It was more like magazines shoved in your face and, “This is what you’re competing with and we have to compete with that.” I can’t compete with that. That’s not even my view. That’s not who I am. They are,” she said Glamor Britain.

Kelly and her ex, Brandon, were married for seven years before splitting in 2020, sparking a lengthy legal wrangling over money.

The divorce lasted a year and a half before it was finally finalized in March 2022. It led to a brutal custody battle between the exes, with Clarkson ultimately securing primary custody.

Kelly released a bitter breakup album earlier this year called Chemistry, which 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 from the Big Apple.