Kelly Clarkson, 41, ditches short shorts with platform heels after 40lb weight loss from powerwalking as she interviews Hillary Clinton

Kelly Clarkson is certainly confident these days, and she has reason to be.

On Monday, the 41-year-old singer stepped out wearing a pair of short shorts with platform heels on her. daytime talk show.

The American Idol veteran, who is 5ft2in, added a smart belted jacket to complete her daring ivory outfit.

Her light brown hair was worn down and she added delicate yellow gold jewelery as she looked thinner than ever.

Last year, the mother of two dropped 40kg after she started power walking in New York City and eating a better low-carb diet.

The Star – who interviewed Maren Morris last week – had former first lady and one-time presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, 76, as her guest on Monday.

When Clinton was asked about the Arizona Supreme Court’s abortion ruling to uphold an 1864 law, Bill Clinton’s wife said, ‘Voting is your superpower!’

They also talked about single mothers.

“We need to get more time… there’s nothing like friends,” Secretary Clinton said.

She recently wrote an article about how loneliness becomes a weapon to divide people, and talks about the importance of finding a solution to this growing mental health problem.

Hillary and Kelly also discussed the importance of parents making time in their busy lives for friends so they don’t become socially isolated.

Hillary then said she was helping her husband Bill with his new memoir, adding that they can always count on honest feedback from each other.

Then Hillary surprised an aspiring education secretary.

Clinton met with Rania, who is on a mission to get books into the hands of every disadvantaged preschooler in the United States through her nonprofit Li’tea’rary Society.

Rania opened up about her plans to attend Stanford University and her dreams of one day becoming the United States Secretary of Education.

Hillary offered her words of encouragement.

Then Shaina Taub spoke about her new Broadway musical Suffs, which depicts the women’s suffrage movement’s struggle to pass the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote.

Shaina shared how she brought Clinton on board as a producer of the Broadway production after writing her a moving letter in the wake of the 2016 election.

In the latest Kellyoke, Kelly and My Band Y’all performed a cover of Apologies by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.

Clarkson has stunned fans with her incredible weight loss.

The crooner has explained that the weight loss came down to listening to her doctor about making healthier choices for her diet and also walking a lot more often in her new hometown of New York City.

It is not known how much Kelly weighed a year ago; some experts have put her weight at 200 lbs.

Now she looks to be in the 120lb range.

Last year she said she only lost 40 pounds, but it looks like she may have lost a lot more, like around 80 pounds.

Clarkson has denied that she used a weight loss drug to get thin.

On the show, Crow shared her ‘crazy’ Prince story about the time he invited her to Paisley Park and beat her in a game of basketball while wearing heels.

Sheryl also reflected on Prince changing her lyrics in his cover of Everyday Is a Winding Road, and she admits that when she sings that song now, she thinks of Prince and chamomile tea.

Heidi Gardner, who recently separated from her husband, spoke to Clarkson about SNL.

Gardner revealed that she used Kelly’s Heartbeat Song in her Saturday Night Live audition, and she said she believes it’s a big reason she did the show.

Later in the show, Clarkson sings I Dare You (Appelle Ton Amour) on Kellyoke.

Earlier this year, Kelly said what she did to drastically lose weight this summer amid speculation from fans that she was on Ozempic.

The pop star said in her People magazine cover story that she made two major lifestyle changes.

First, the Since U Been Gone singer revealed that she decided to walk everywhere in her new home in New York City, which has helped her get the exercise she needed.

Before Manhattan, she lived in Los Angeles, where she drove her car everywhere, limiting her daily steps.

Second, The Voice star revealed she decided to listen to her doctor, taking advice to cut carbs and go on a high-protein diet.

She told the publication that she loves to stroll around her neighborhood and that putting in the stairs has been great for her waistline.

Clarkson also brings her children River Rose, nine, and son Remington Alexander, seven – father is her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock – with her.

‘We walk the dogs a few times in the park. We go for ice cream because my daughter wants to wear me down. We go make slime and we go to the museum, she said.

‘Walking in the city is part of the training. And I’m really into infrared saunas right now. And I just got a cold jump because everyone was carrying me down,” Kelly added.

And what she puts on her plate is different.

‘I eat a healthy mix. I lost weight because I listened to my doctor – a few years I didn’t,’ explained the talk show host.

‘And 90 percent of the time I’m really good at it because a protein diet is good for me anyway. I’m a Texas girl so I like meat – sorry vegetarians of the world!’

She looked much thinner in the early fall when she returned to her talk show, the ‘set was now in NYC and not LA. At the time, she said the weight change was due to ‘healthier choices.’