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.” “ 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. As Ben Nye notes in the trailer, the character was meant to embody joy “What color is happier than purple? No color,” he said. You Hate Me also tells of a man arrested for assault and battery 'against Barney,' a father. “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. In 1993, three boys (aged 10, 11, and 12) attacked a man dressed up as Barney at a Texas shopping mall. “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 trailer for I Love You, You Hate Me has arrived and it explores the dark side of the children’s show Barney and Friends.
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