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Cuba Gooding Jr’s speech at the BAFTA TV Awards had the room in stitches

Published 22:08 14 May 2017 BST

Paul Moore
Cuba Gooding Jr’s speech at the BAFTA TV Awards had the room in stitches

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Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. just couldn't resist a small dig at Warren Beatty's mix up at the Oscars when he took to the podium at the Bafta TV Awards this evening. The star of The People vs OJ Simpson and As Good As It Gets was invited on stage to present the award for Best Female Performance in a Programme - won by the incredibly talented Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Fleabag - but before she took to the stage, Gooding Jr decided to have a little fun. After pretending to struggle to read the auto-queue, the actor then pretended to ignore the pre-penned script, saying: "I can’t do a transvestite joke I’m a BAFTA winner now!" The actor then decided to embrace his inner Warren Beatty. Take a look. https://twitter.com/SamHomewood/status/863839097563086850 https://twitter.com/DannyFlexen/status/863838931984539648 https://twitter.com/royboywilliams/status/863838988339216386

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Cuba Gooding Jr's speech at the BAFTA TV Awards had the room in stitches