The Little Rascals star Brandon “Bug” Hall is addressing backlash over launching a GoFundMe page before the arrival of baby No. 6 with his wife, Jill.
Hours after Hall, a self-described “radical Catholic extremist,” created a fundraising campaign on Thursday, November 5, asking for financial assistance for his family’s camper van and bills, one X user called out his family planning and suggested getting a 9 to 5 gig to make ends meet.
“Put your pride down and get a real job. This is embarrassing, stop impregnating your wife when you can’t even keep your family afloat,” the user wrote. “Set your priorities straight, practice NFP. If you don’t want advice then stop putting your business online.”
The actor fired back, simply tweeting, “I’m going to keep impregnating my wife 👍.”
A second user responded to Hall’s thread writing, “Don’t beg us for money then.”
Hall, 41, reposted a story about his clapback on Monday, November 9, and doubled down on his response. “I should have added ‘For God and country’ 🤣💪⚜️,” he wrote via X.
Hall made a name for himself as a child actor, playing Alfalfa in 1994’s The Little Rascals.
The following year, he starred in The Big Green and in 2002 he acted alongside Lindsay Lohan in Disney Channel’s Get a Clue. Hall’s most recent credit is in 2024’s Cabrini where he played Christopher Weddington.
Despite continuing to work in the entertainment industry on and off for decades, Hall revealed he “self-cancelled” six years ago, calling himself a “medieval moralist” who is dedicated to raising six children with his pregnant wife, whom he wed in 2017, while following a Catholic extremist religion.
Hall announced nine months ago that his family planned to live off the grid on a rural property in Arkansas that consists of one RV.
Earlier this month, Hall revealed via his GoFundMe page that he needed help despite his best efforts to be self-sufficient.
“It’s now six years since I self-cancelled, and I have avoided doing one of these in all that time,” he wrote on the page. “I always said this was my choice, and so I didn’t want to offload the glorious burden of it unless there was no other choice. Well here we are.”
Hall explained that his brood was “a few materials short of having things working right, and I’ve fallen a little behind on the few bills we have,” pointing to his phone bill and propane costs for the camper as some of the unexpected fees he can’t afford.
“We’re all overjoyed to be where we are, and we’re even enjoying roughing it, but baby six is less than a month away, and I really need some help getting the last few things buttoned up beforehand,” he continued.
Hall noted that he wanted to “finalize everything” over the next two weeks so he can “take some work until the baby arrives.”
The former child star added, “Times are hard for everyone, and I’m no more deserving than anyone else, but I ask in your charity that you help where you can, whether monetarily, by sharing this, or by prayer and sacrifice for the Hall-Barnetts of the Holy Cross. Viva Cristo Rey ⚜️.”
Hall has raised more than $27,000 as of Monday after asking for $2,000.
Hall received additional backlash when the site remained live after he previously claimed he would take it down once the goal was met.
The Subterranea star, however, alleged on Monday that the GoFundMe was paused for review and he hasn’t been allowed to take it down as planned.
Hall then told one X user who suggested he accept the full $27,000 donation that he would indeed reap the benefits of the page still being live.
“Oh I am, brother. I argued with multiple friends who tried to convince me to keep it up. I told each of them that a man always does what he says,” Hall replied. “The automated lockdown because of petty leftists is clearly God’s will. I’m going to get my tractor/sawmill and get to work building.”
