Why Peacock Leaned Into the Nostalgia Play of Barney Doc ‘I Love You, You Hate Me’

Peter Kay, 49, was forced to issue an apology when he appeared on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show today after he swore live on air.The star’s appearance on BBC Radio 2 comes shortly after he announced he would be making a comeback to the comedy scene. Peter and Zoe, 51, were co-presenting her BBC Radio 2 show today following the comedian’s exciting announcement that he would be going on tour after 12 years of absence from the stand-up scene. Minutes into Peter’s appearance on the show, after listening to Music for a Sushi Restaurant by Harry Styles, Zoe commented on the funnyman’s outfit. “Peter has come in today really brilliantly dressed in black with a little orange thread round,” Zoe began. “What are you on about? Think you’ve had a refresher,” Peter said in a jokey reference to the famous sweet.“I know, I need a refresher,” Zoe replied, before continuing: “You’ve got orange around you and you’re matching our Radio 2 orange branding. It’s a lovely look…”Scoffing, Peter interrupted again saying: “I’m just wearing a b****y…“Oh, sorry - I swore!” he declared, to which Zoe replied: “Did you?”“I apologise, Britain, for saying that word: b****y,” Peter continued cheekily.“Yes I’m so sorry - wait, you said it again!” Zoe exclaimed in realisation. “I know, but I could’ve said it in the context of blood,” Peter explained.“Yes, you could have done…” Zoe agreed bemusedly. “So there’s my excuse on that one,” Peter continued.

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Three friends who went on holiday together to Mexico were mysteriously found dead in an Airbnb, leaving their devastated families desperate for answers. Courtez Hall, 33, from New Orleans and Kandace Florence and Jordan Marshall, both 28, from Virginia, were all found dead on November 2 in Mexico City, during the country's Day of the Dead celebrations, the Mirror reports.

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Janette Manrara, 38, publicly apologised to Rylan Clark, 34, after she cheekily tricked him live on television during It Takes Two.The pair, who both host the BBC Two Strictly spin off show on separate days, showed off their level of good friendship after Janette pretended to be a viewer and wrote into the show. Rylan then unwittingly proceeded to read out Janette’s fake letter, in which she declared her love for real-life husband Aljaž Škorjanec, demanding that he should return to the show to do more presenting.The seemingly staged segment of the show started shortly after Rylan had finished catching up with contestants Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu.Segwaying into the next section, Rylan said: “We always love to hear from you lot at home and we have had a lovely letter from one of you at home this week.“I have it here and I am actually going to read it out.

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Kanye West has been sued over an allegedly uncleared sample on ‘Life Of The Party’, a track that featured on the deluxe edition of his ‘Donda’ album.A company called Phase One Network says that ‘Life Of The Party’ features a sample from a Boogie Down Productions track that it controls, that being ‘South Bronx’ from the KRS-One-led outfit’s 1987 album ‘Criminal Minded’.This particular ‘Donda’ track has already been on quite the adventure. Although it was previewed at those pre-release listening parties that West staged for the album in summer 2021, it didn’t appear on the original track listing when ‘Donda’ was finally released at the end of August that year.It transpired that it had been cut from the record at the request of guest artist Andre 3000.

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Magazine publisher Condé Nast has sued Drake and 21 Savage over the promotional campaign for their new collaborative album ‘Her Loss’ which has centred on a fake edition of the media firm’s most prominent publication Vogue.As part of a promo push that involved a number of other faked brand partnerships and media appearances, Drake and 21 Savage ran a poster and social media campaign featuring a mocked up Vogue cover, and also seemingly distributed some copies of the fashion magazine tweaked so that it contained the fake cover and some other references to the record within.In its lawsuit, Condé Nast says: “This action arises out of a widespread promotional campaign recently launched by world famous musical artists Drake and 21 Savage, built entirely on the use of the Vogue marks and the premise that Drake and 21 Savage would be featured on the cover of Vogue’s next issue as a means of promoting defendants’ newly released album ‘Her Loss’”.“All of this is false”, it adds. “And none of it has been authorised by Condé Nast.

Katie Reul editor Two generations of children — and their parents — are familiar with the colossal purple dinosaur that frolicked across their television screens each week. The PBS series “Barney & Friends” amassed 14 seasons between 1992 and 2010 in the course of its lengthy run before coming to a flaming halt. The reasons for the show’s initial success and accursed demise are outlined in a two-part docuseries from director Tommy Avallone, titled “I Love You, You Hate Me,” which is available for streaming on Peacock on Oct. 12. With parallels to Sundance award-winner “Feels Good Man,” the 2020 indie documentary about Pepe the Frog that explores how a meme can be transformed from a comedic icon into a hate symbol, “I Love You, You Hate Me” delves into the lesser-known evils of the Barney bashing movement, when teenagers and adults alike began to bastardize the once-beloved character with acts of violence both physically and online.

Michele Amabile Angermiller Johnny Depp brought his tour with Jeff Beck at the Hackensack Meridian Health Center at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, NJ, Tuesday night, four months after a jury awarded the actor $10 million in damages following his Virginia defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard. The pair kicked off their U.S. tour in Washington, D.C. just a few nights earlier, on Oct. 5, after releasing the joint album “18” this summer, and Tuesday’s show capped off a two-night New Jersey stand that attracted a crowd of fervent Depp supporters who regularly screamed “I love you, Johnny” and showered the actor with bras, cards and notes tossed to the stage. 

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