![]() ![]() The documentary premieres on October 12th. I Love You, You Hate Me is a two-part series. Now having children of my own, I understand all the love that went into making the purple dinosaur.” “Several years later, creating this docuseries, it feels good to be on the other side and no longer a Barney hater. “As a teenager, for one of my birthdays, I asked my aunt to make me a Barney costume, so my friends and I could beat him up on camera.” Dubbed as the 'blue dog' costume, and internally dubbed as B-001, this is Barneys first design, which is a far departure from later Barney designs. “ Barney came out on television when I was just 10 years old, and I admittedly didn’t understand him,” he said. One person in the trailer recalled a rumor that Barney “hid drugs in his tail.” The director of the film, Tommy Avallone, released a statement admitting to hating Barney in the past as well. “As her beloved character was heading into the stratosphere, people couldn’t accept that this was just a show,” said David Joyner, who played Barney from 1991 to 2001. Those who hated the show derailed her mission, by spreading hateful narratives about the men who portrayed Barney. New Barney the Dinosaur Docuseries Reveals the Shocking Dark Side of the '90s Kids' Show The dark story of everyone's favorite purple dinosaur will be detailed in Peacock's two-part. ![]() As Ben Nye notes in the trailer, the character was meant to embody joy “What color is happier than purple? No color,” he said. “They were gonna come and find me, and they were going to kill me.”īarney and Friends was created by Sheryl Leach, who made the series to spread positivity. “They were violent and explicit death and dismemberment of my family,” West recalled. Former employees recalled getting hate mail, death threats, and enduring constant harassment while the show aired. Somehow though, that message didn’t resonate with all of the show's viewers. “Barney stands for inclusion, acceptance,” said the former voice of Barney, Bob West, in the documentary trailer. Peacock’s upcoming documentary, I Love You, You Hate Me, explores the dangerous aspect of the TV show, as told by previous actors who played Barney and others who worked on set. But, with great success came a dark underbelly of hatred for the character as well. The series began in 1992 and ran until 2015, growing wildly popular along the way. If you grew up in the ‘90s, or even if you didn’t, odds are, you’re familiar with the jolly purple and green dinosaur who preached love and kindness on PBS. The "bashing" came in the form of violently destroying Barney merchandise, spreading rumors - including one claiming that Barney actors hid drugs in the costume's tail - and even death threats towards the show's performers, crew and their families.The trailer for I Love You, You Hate Me has arrived and it explores the dark side of the children’s show Barney and Friends. ![]() "As her beloved character was heading into the stratosphere," states Al Roker, "people couldn't accept that this was just a show. After all, "What color is happier than purple? No color," says Bill Nye in the series' trailer. Since the premiere of " Barney & Friends" in 1992, the character, created by Sheryl Leach, became a hit. ![]() The series will follow "the rise and fall of Barney the Dinosaur's furious backlash - and what it says about the human need to hate," according to the streamer's description. And that story will be explored in Peacock's two-part docuseries "I Love You, You Hate Me," which premieres Oct. There aren’t essential plot details given away, and no, Kaluuya will not be. Such is the dark story of everyone's favorite talking dinosaur, Barney. According to, Daniel Kaluuya’s Barney movie will be a much sadder, more dark take on the purple dinosaur. One of the world's most beloved children's characters turned into a target for hate. ![]()
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