This past Thursday, a noticeably slimmer Aretha Franklin stopped by the set of ABC’s “The View” to promote her new album, A Woman Falling Out of Love.

The legendary Queen of Soul would not discuss the surgery she underwent five months ago, but did insist that she’s “feeling wonderful [and] fabulous.

The Queen went on to state that while her 85-pound weight loss is the by-product of the surgery she underwent, she emphasized that “it was not Bariatric surgery and that she’s adopted better eating habits since the procedure.

Check out Aretha dishing about her new slimmer look below:

She’s looking better than ever…..

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