"Barney and Friends" aired from 1992 to 2009. Credit: Hit Entertainment/Everett Collection
Editor's Note:
This article recounts explicit threats of violence that may disturb the reader.
(CNN) --
It seems that "Barney & Friends" wasn't always a happy family behind the scenes.
According to a new docuseries, "I Love You, You Hate Me," the beloved children's show, which launched the careers of Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez, was the target of much hate.
The trailer for the two-part series shows Bob West, a Barney performer, reminiscing about the death threats he received as the purple dinosaur.
"They were violent and explicit, death and dismemberment of my family," he says.
"They were going to come looking for me and they were going to kill me."
The show was created in 1992 by Sheryl Leach, Kathy Parker, and Dennis DeShazer.
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"Barney represents inclusion, acceptance. You have to love everyone, we all have Sheryl Leach to thank for that," says a line from the trailer, asking "Why does the world love to hate?"
"I Love You, You Hate Me" will premiere October 12 on Peacock.
Check out the trailer below:
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