‘Barney & Friends’ voice actor received death threats for playing America’s favorite dinosaur

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Generation Barney” and recalled receiving death threats from people just because he voiced the purple T-Rex on the children’s TV series.“There were certain things, certain messages that people would send that were pretty threatening,” West said, per People.“If you get a death threat from a middle school child who sends you an email, then it doesn’t make me feel bad for me.

It makes me feel bad for them because they’re obviously going through something that’s leading them act out this way,” he explained.However, West shared the threats worsened with the show’s popularity after people found his email address. “That happened a few times because my email address got leaked,” he said, noting that others on the set were receiving threats, too.

David Joyner, the man in Barney’s suit, recalled being confronted while on a parade float in New York City.“Some people just feel the need to hate,” Joyner chimed in. “I don’t know why, they just feel the need to hate.

I was at a parade in New York … We’re coming around the corner and I see this man yelling, ‘I hate you. Barney! F–k you, Barney!’ I’m on this float and he’s in front of a sea of people shouting this.”“Barney & Friends” was about America’s favorite purple dinosaur and aired from 1992 to 2010.