CHANNEL Nine has removed a video from its website of Karl Stefanovic’s cringeworthy moment with music legend Barbra Streisand.

The larrikin Today co-host sat down with the multi award-winning singer and actress as part of the breakfast show’s week-long broadcast from New York.

What followed was several extremely awkward minutes of television, during which he broke in to song and asked about a see-through dress Streisand wore more than four decades ago.

A clip of the segment uploaded to Today’s website following its broadcast was later removed.

A Nine spokeswoman said ditching the video was due to an agreement with Streisand’s representatives about where the interview could be broadcast.

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In the strained exchange, which aired this morning, Stefanovic’s first question was about a dress Streisand wore to the Academy Awards in 1969, where she won the Best Actress Oscar for Funny Girl.

“Well, it was see-through,” Stefanovic pointed out.

The line of questioning produced one of the interview’s many awkward and drawn-out pauses from Streisand.

Things lurched from bad to worse when he asked the entertainer, who has sold an estimated 245 million records worldwide and won a swag of awards, why she “makes people nervous”.

“Because you’re a bloody legend,” he answered for her.

It became clear that his unique brand of humour, for which Stefanovic has become known in Australia, was lost in translation.

Then, in a glorious moment of car crash TV, Stefanovic declared he was going to sing to her.

“Are you really?” a bemused Streisand asked.

After asking the legend of screen, stage and music to “count me in”, he belted out a few off-key lines of her hit Guilty, which she recorded with Bee Gees legend Barry Gibb.

“This is very embarrassing,” Stefanovic admitted.

“Yes,” Streisand replied. “Don’t give up your day job.”

#Today9 Karl's interview with Barbara Streisand - Gorgeous, Bloody legend, and then the singing...really? — Greg (@gsc0671) September 8, 2014

Who thought Karl Stefanovic interviewing Barbra Streisand would be a good idea? He's such a bogan! — MEL ™ (@_TheDivineMrsM_) September 8, 2014

@karlstefanovic @Lisa_Wilkinson Awful i'view with Barbara Streisand, Karl. Cringeworthy! She'll dine out on that i'view, of its awfulness! — Rod Bamberry (@RodBamberry) September 8, 2014

@TheTodayShow @karlstefanovic @BarbraStreisand Stefanovic IS awkward and not quite up to interviewing Streisand — Melanie King (@MelanieinAus) September 8, 2014

Viewers took to social media to express their confusion, resoundingly declaring the interview awkward and “awful”.