Former child star defends GoFundMe amid backlash: ‘I’m going to keep impregnating my wife’ ahead of sixth child

Thirty-two years on since playing Alfalfa in The Little Rascals, Brandon ‘Bug’ Hall has totally departed Hollywood after taking a ‘vow of poverty’.

The 41-year-old previously gave up all the money he made as a child star and started living off-grid as a ‘radical Catholic extremist’.

But now he’s asking people for money ahead of his sixth child as he set a target of $2,000 on GoFundMe. And of course, he’s faced backlash for doing so which he’s hit back at with comments such as: “I’m going to keep impregnating my wife.”

Bug still refers to himself as a ‘rascal’ in his X bio and over the years has faced a number of arrests. He and wife Jill de Groff currently share four daughters and one son whom he called his ‘heir’ while referring to the girls as ‘dishwashers’.

He took a 'vow of poverty' and is now asking for donations. (GoFundMe)

Bug wrote on GoFundMe that in the six years since he ‘self-cancelled’ he has ‘avoided’ making a fundraiser.

“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,” he wrote.

The former child actor explained that he’s ‘fallen a little behind’ on the ‘few bills’ they have and are short on materials they need.

“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,” Bug claimed.

There has been a large amount of backlash against him for setting this up such as one who wrote: “That pitch of his is disgusting. He hasn't fallen on hard times, he's chosen them and then in begging as a result has brought shame down on raising families, the Catholic faith and himself, a shame he appears not to even recognize.”

He took a 'vow of poverty' and lives off the grid but is now asking for donations. (GoFundMe)

Another told him to put his ‘pride down and get a real job’ as they wrote: “This is embarrassing, stop impregnating your wife when you can’t even keep your family afloat.”

To which Bug put: “I'm going to keep impregnating my wife.”

“Don’t beg us for money than,” another put.

He also claimed at one point that his account was ‘frozen thanks to my haters’ as some called him out for keeping it open after exceeding the target.

He has previously been banned from X after posting in support of marital duty and corporal punishment of minors, regarding his two daughters at the time.

While there does seem to be a lot of support for Bug, some say they hope his children get support.

His fundraiser currently sits at over $26,000.