Barney the Dinosaur has a surprisingly raunchy job in real life

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Barney the Dinosaur was a mainstay throughout most of our childhoods, teaching children about the world for much of the 1990s.

However, it might surprise you to hear what the actor inside the suit got up to when he wasn’t playing the part of the purple dinosaur.

It transpires that David Joyner, who played Barney for ten years, had quite the portfolio career and boasted a number of other jobs, one which is likely to surprise you.

David Joyner says he was able to use transferable skills from his time inside the Barney suit that helped him in his new career.