Washington, April 29: ‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin has showed off her dramatic weight loss in her first national TV performance post surgery.

The legendary singer, who appeared on The View on Thursday to promote her new album ‘A Woman Falling Out of Love’, would not talk about the surgery she underwent five months ago, but said she was ‘feeling wonderful [and] fabulous’.

She said that her while her 85-pound weight loss is the by-product of the surgery she underwent, she emphasized that “it was not Bariatric surgery’, reports Radaronline.

The 69-year-old ‘Chain of Fools’ singer said she’s adopted better eating habits since the procedure. (ANI)