KELLY Clarkson has slammed cruel remarks made by men toward her after revealing her drastic weight loss.
The singer lost 50 pounds in eight months and has been flaunting her slimmer figure ever since.
Kelly, 41, shocked fans with another bold move she made, which she recalled on an earlier episode of her daytime talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show.
During the episode, Kelly sat down with Driver's License singer Olivia Rodrigo, 20, to dish on their "gutsy stories."
The American Idol alum went first and detailed the encounter that led her to get a tattoo on her middle finger of the initials "dc."
She noted that most of her tattoos she gets "when not great things happen," prefacing how this particular ink came to be.
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"I do it because I like the reminder that I made it," the TV star explained. "And sometimes things seem so big in your world at that moment, and you feel like you're not gonna make it. And then you do, and so, that's usually when I get the tattoo."
Kelly went on to explain that people's supposedly mean and vicious comments about her career drove her to get the tattoo.
"I was so tired of sitting in a room where men made me feel like s**t, and then I was like, you know what?" the Breakaway singer said.
"No, I actually had the guts to finally say...'You know what? Actually, I think this is about you.' And I just totally said everything I've ever wanted to say in that moment. So that's one of my favorite tattoos," Kelly concluded.
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CHALLENGING TIMES
The From Justin to Kelly actress has over a dozen tattoos, which she started getting as a teenager.
She previously opened up about her body art in a February 2021 interview with Access Hollywood.
"They’re not all struggles, but a lot of them are. I am such a forgiving human…I’m forgiving and loyal to a fault," Kelly told the publication.
"I forget what happens. And then you just keep letting — you allow the same thing to repeat. So, a lot of mine are like, 'Don’t do it,' the TV personality continued.
Kelly then mentioned her "dc" tattoo, admitting that she got it during a difficult time in her life.
"There's [a tattoo] on my middle finger. I like to believe in the good side of humanity, but it doesn't always work out," the mom of two said.
Kelly didn't clarify the challenging moments that influenced her ink collection, although she has undergone some major changes recently with her nasty split with her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, 47 - the father of her two kids: River Rose, 9, and Remington Alexander, 7.
WEIGHT LOSS
She's also made headlines over her dramatic weight loss and has looked skinnier than ever in photos and public appearances.
An expert recently revealed to The U.S. Sun that Kelly dropped 50 pounds in less than a year.
Kelly has not publicly stated the total weight she's lost, but she revealed in 2018 that she was down 37 pounds.
Rumors have swirled that the Grammy-award winner shed the pounds using the controversial weight loss drug Ozempic; however, Kelly has not admitted that was the case.
But she did recently confess that she loves losing weight in an interview on Today.
Last month, Kelly sat down with Jenna Bush Hager, 42, and her twin sister, Barbara, where they talked about their changing physiques.
At one point, Kelly said she didn't fit into her clothes anymore due to her petite frame.
"Ugh, I don't fit into mine. I love losing weight, but here's the thing. Jeans are so hard, I feel like when you have a butt and a smaller waist," the Since U Been Gone singer revealed.
"Do you want me to take you jean shopping?" Jenna suggested.
"I don't want to go shopping," Kelly replied.
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"Shall I just do what I do for Hoda and send you some jeans?" Jenna said, referencing her Today co-host, Hoda Kotb, 59.
Kelly laughed while the journalist said they'll "figure it out."
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