A SHOCKING new tell-all documentary is set to reveal the deepest and darkest secrets behind the US kids show Barney the Dinosaur.
A new trailer for the Peacock documentary features scenes of panic and disarray and a member of the cast fearing for their life.
The honest documentary is set to show the backlash of how television’s most loving and caring character often spurred the opposite reaction amongst the public.
The newly-released trailer teases a variety of dramatic footage and is not short on noteworthy moments.
In one particularly shocking instance, David Joyner, the voice behind the character, tells the camera: “They were going to find me and they were going to kill me.”
Elsewhere, the threat to life is brought up once more as another person says: “I don’t think you could ever go and think someone would go and shoot someone.”
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I Love You, You Hate Me will delve into how a character and television programme that stood for kindness and inclusion suffered negatively as a result.
Executive producer Joel Chiodi, head of documentaries and SVP of strategic development at Scout Productions, said in a statement: ‘I Love You, You Hate Me unpacks how a children’s character who stood for inclusion, understanding and kindness birthed a movement of anger and criticism that threatened the show, its creators, and their futures.’
He continued: “As it spotlights the beginnings of modern-day hate culture, this documentary traces the creation of the character and how it took a toll on the people closest to it, examining the surprising and lingering impact the Big Purple Dinosaur left on American society.”
In a surprise twist of events, the documentary was directed by a self-proclaimed reformed ‘Barney’ hater, Tommy Avallone.
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Tommy said: “Barney came out on television when I was just 10 years old, and I admittedly didn’t understand him.
“As a teenager, for one of my birthdays, I asked my aunt to make me a Barney costume, so my friends and I could beat him up on camera.
“Several years later, creating this docuseries, it feels good to be on the other side and no longer a Barney hater.
“Now having children of my own, I understand all the love that went into making the purple dinosaur.”
I Love You, You Hate Me is set to be released October 12 on Peacock in the US. A UK release date is to be confirmed.
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