Brandon “Bug” Hall, known for playing Alfalfa in The Little Rascals, says he intends to “keep impregnating” his wife despite criticism over a fundraiser created to help support his growing family.
Hall, 41, and his wife, Jill, are expecting their sixth child. The couple turned to the public for assistance after falling “a little behind” on several bills before the baby’s arrival.
The GoFundMe campaign, which initially set a $2,000 target, had raised more than $27,000 and drawn criticism from some online commenters.
Rather than backing away, Hall defended his decision to continue expanding his family.
“Put your pride down and get a real job,” one person wrote. “This is embarrassing. Stop impregnating your wife when you can’t even keep your family afloat. Set your priorities straight, practice NFP. If you don’t want advice, then stop putting your business online.”
“I’m going to keep impregnating my wife,” Hall responded, adding a thumbs-up emoji.
Another critic told him to move to a small town, put his skills to use and find a job “like everyone else.”
Brandon “Bug” Hall of The Little Rascals has vowed to “keep impregnating” his wife after facing backlash over a fundraiser for his growing family (Source: @Bug_Hall/X)
“Nah. I’m busy building a farm and feeding my family and community,” Hall replied.
One X user, noting the fundraiser’s success, wrote: “Oh wow lol! Good on you brother. Ave Maria.”
“It’s a blessing beyond anything I could have expected. The God of surprises indeed,” another supporter commented.
The former child actor launched the GoFundMe campaign while he and Jill prepared to welcome their sixth child.
Hall, who previously told Our News Outlet that he was living off the grid as a “radical Catholic extremist” under a “vow of poverty,” said the family had recently moved into a camper van on new land in Mountain View, Arkansas. He said they needed help paying several overdue bills and preparing for the expanding household.
“It’s now six years since I self-canceled, and I have avoided doing one of these in all that time,” Hall wrote in the fundraiser description beneath a photograph of the family dressed in old-fashioned clothing.
“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.
“We’ve made it onto the new land in record time, but I’m a few materials short of having things working properly, and I’ve fallen a little behind on the few bills we have—phone, propane for the camper and an unexpected electric hookup service fee,” he explained.
Hall said the family was “overjoyed” with its new home but needed financial assistance to “get the last few things buttoned up” before the baby arrived in less than a month.
“My hope is to finalize everything here over the next two weeks so I can take some work until the baby arrives,” Hall wrote. “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.”
Hall legally changed his name to Bug Hall-Barnett, adding the surname of his stepfather, Mark Barnett, who helped raise him.
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Hall told Our News Outlet that he had given away the money earned as a child star, along with his savings and most of his belongings. Above, Hall appears with Travis Tedford in a scene from The Little Rascals
By Saturday afternoon, the fundraiser had collected $15,036, surpassing Hall’s original $2,000 goal.
Hall is best known for portraying Alfalfa Switzer in Steven Spielberg’s 1994 movie The Little Rascals, based on the classic film shorts about a group of neighborhood children.
He later appeared in The Big Green (1995), The Stupids (1996), Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997) and the Disney Channel movie Get a Clue (2002).
As an adult, Hall took roles in television shows including Charmed, CSI: Miami, Castle, Criminal Minds and Cold Case.
He also worked behind the camera as a writer and producer, co-creating and starring in the 2020 film This Is the Year, executive-produced by Selena Gomez. Hall also provided voice work for A Tale Dark & Grimm (2021).
Hall is best known for playing Alfalfa Switzer in Steven Spielberg’s 1994 film The Little Rascals, which was based on the classic shorts about a group of neighborhood children
His most recent Hollywood project was the 2024 film Cabrini.
In recent years, Hall has attracted controversy over his dramatic lifestyle changes, public comments and arrests.
In an interview with Our News Outlet in January, Hall said he had given away the money he earned as a child actor, as well as his savings and most of his possessions.
He said the family lived in a camper van equipped with a water well and generator. At the time, Hall said their only regular expenses were gasoline for the generator and car, along with cellphones for him and his wife.
“My goal is to maintain a life as free of any need for an income as possible,” Hall said. “If there’s a financial need that comes up, I’ll go take some work or do an odd job, for cash to fulfill that need.”
Hall said the couple homeschooled their children and would “strongly discourage them” from attending college, describing formal education as largely “nonsense.”
“I didn’t want to go work some job that was basically meaningless, making widgets to entertain people or distract people,” Hall told Our News Outlet.
In 2024, Hall provoked public outrage when he called his fifth child and first son his “heir” and referred to his four daughters as “dishwashers.”
He was also temporarily suspended from X after publicly advocating corporal punishment for minors.
Hall was arrested in 2020 for allegedly inhaling air duster cans behind a dumpster.
In April of this year, he was arrested in Ohio after failing to appear in court over a 2024 traffic violation.
