Back in 2013, songstress Kelly Clarkson told Time magazine that she doesn't identify as a feminist because that term tends to have negative connotations. 

Speaking to the magazine two years ago, she said: "I wouldn't say feminist -- that's too strong. I think when people hear feminist, it's like, 'Get out of my way, I don't need anyone.'"

She has now clarified the remarks during an interview with the Huffington Post and explained that the word 'feminist' is now more acceptable in terms of how it's understood by the public so she feels more comfortable defining herself and her beliefs on those terms:

"I was saying that in the past decade, I feel people have associated the word 'feminist' with 'bitch' and 'man-hater' and all these things. And I'm definitely not that girl. That's what I meant by that." 

"Diva used to mean something great. It was a female opera singer who could floor the room. They could be like, 'Oh man, she's such a diva.' Now it's a negative term to throw around. We've kind of killed it in a sense. Just recently, people are starting to turn back around to where it's not such a negative, nasty feel to it.”

She went onto add that she's a firm believer in gender equality: "Obviously I believe in female equal rights. I'm not an idiot. I'm a female. I believe in equal rights across the board."

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Watch a recent interview segment with Clarkson here: