Sheryl Leach: Last News

Pity the purple dinosaur. He came to spread a message of love, and got the stuffing knocked out of him.

An upcoming docuseries called I Love You, You Hate Me is promising to reveal the 'dark side' of the once-beloved children's character Barney the dinosaur.The new Peacock show dropped a trailer on Wednesday, teasing a deep dive into the furious and occasionally violent backlash against Barney.When the trailer dropped, it sent people who grew up watching Barney flocking to social media to share their hilarious reactions.

Peacock has released the trailer for their upcoming two-part docuseries exploring the hit children’s show Barney & Friends.

EJ Panaligan editor The core message of the immensely popular “Barney and Friends” kids show was to spread love and kindness to one another, but the trailer for a new Peacock docuseries highlights the idea that America was not so eager to accept that message. In the trailer for the upcoming two-part docuseries “I Love You, You Hate Me,” multiple talking heads, from Bill Nye the Science Guy to NBC’s Al Roker, share stories of how quickly the world turned against the friendly dinosaur, rejecting its values of inclusion and respect. Bob West, a Barney performer who stepped into costume for the happy purple dinosaur, shared that death threats were made against his entire family. “They were violent and explicit, death and dismemberment of my family,” he says in the trailer. “They were gonna come and find me, and they were going to kill me.”