CNN
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“Barney & Mates,” it appears, was not all the time a contented household behind the scenes.
In line with a brand new docuseries, “I Love You, You Hate Me,” the beloved youngsters’s present, which launched the appearing careers of Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez, was the the goal of a variety of hate.
The trailer for the two-part sequence reveals Bob West, a Barney performer, recalling dying threats he obtained because the purple dinosaur.
“They had been violent and specific, dying and dismemberment of my household,” he says. “They had been gonna come and discover me, and so they had been going to kill me.”
The present was created in 1992 by Sheryl Leach, Kathy Parker and Dennis DeShazer.
“Barney stands for inclusion, acceptance. You must love everybody, all of us have Sheryl Leach to thank for that,” says a line within the trailer, which asks “Why does the world like to hate?”
“I Love You, You Hate Me” is about to premiere Oct. 12 on Peacock.
See the trailer beneath: