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LeVar Burton Recalls Having 'Tense' Discussions with 'Reading Rainbow' Producers Over His Earring and 'Different Fads'

'Reading Rainbow' host LeVar Burton explained how changes to his appearance during the course of the beloved children's show became a sore point for the show's producers. 'I became very adamant that since they had hired me, then what they got was me,' Burton said.

I'd been told my whole life by society that there was something intrinsically wrong with me or undeserving of me because of the color of my skin, and I think that made me recalcitrant to give in.” It's fair to say that Burton and Reading Rainbow’s producers eventually came to a mutual understanding, as the actor went on to host the children’s show for 21 seasons, from 1983 to 2006. Goldberg, who appeared in the season 11 episode “Amazing Grace,” explained in Butterfly in the Sky her personal reasons for participating in the series.

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