Foxx mocks Winfrey's female friendship

Jamie Foxx left Oprah Winfrey squirming when he mocked the TV star's relationship with her friend Gayle King at a tribute to Will Smith on Sunday.

The Oscar winner played on rumours suggesting Winfrey is having a lesbian affair with King at the American Museum Of The Moving Image gala.

Foxx told Smith on stage: "I was talking about you the other day. I was laying in bed with Oprah, and I turn over to Gayle and I say, 'You know what?'"

An explosion of laughter drowned out Foxx's punchline and he later requested that cable network Bravo cut his comments from its upcoming broadcast of the event.