Bob West, the original voice of Barney the Dinosaur, said his email was leaked ... Joyner recalled being at a parade in New York, wearing the costume on a float, and as they rounded a corner ...

At the height of the show’s popularity, the podcast shared, the cast and crew faced serious backlash over the kid-friendly purple dinosaur ... guy inside of the Barney costume was African ...

He credited the practice for helping him maintain "an abundance of joy" while wearing the costume in hot conditions. WATCH: ‘BARNEY’ DOC DETAILS DARK SIDE OF ONCE-BELOVED DINOSAUR, HOW ACTOR ...

Joyner played the benevolent purple dinosaur on “Barney & Friends ... the Klan had found out that the guy inside of the Barney costume was African American, so they banned their kids from ...

and is the topic of a new podcast Barney had love for everyone, but the same couldn't be said for the big, purple dinosaur. As the Barney phenomenon continued to dominate in the 1990s, a culture ...

So then when I also got the role, it wasn't like I had to put on a costume and a facade ... which traced Barney's beginnings to the eventual vitriol the dinosaur received. "Barney bashing" was ...

It came at a price." In another candid revelation, Lovato admitted to having a childhood crush on the actor inside the Barney ...

Joyner revisits his time as the beloved purple dinosaur on the latest podcast episode of "Generation Barney ... it wasn't like I had to put on a costume and a facade and become the character.” ...

Meet "Generation Barney," a podcast about the media we loved as kids and how it shapes us. It's about the purple dinosaur. But it's also about music and love and backlash and toys and nostalgia.

Barney the Dinosaur was hated by men because he 'offered up a different model for masculinity,' a bold new theory has claimed. Created by Sheryl Leach, Barney & Friends originally debuted in 1992 ...