Former child star refuses to return GoFundMe money and vows to ‘keep impregnating’ wife
Former child star Brandon ‘Bug’ Hall is refusing to return thousands of dollars in excess GoFundMe donations, while declaring he will continue having children with his wife.
The 41-year-old, best known for playing Alfalfa in the 1994 film The Little Rascals, launched a fundraiser seeking $2,000 (£1,490) to support his growing family ahead of the birth of his sixth child.
But after donations soared beyond $26,000, people questioned why Hall, who gave away all of his earnings, didn’t shut down the fundraiser.
Speaking to Page Six, Hall insisted he had originally planned to close it down once the target was reached.
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“I told everyone that once it reached $2,000, I was going to shut it down,” he said.
Hall claims GoFundMe completed its Trust and Safety investigation and cleared the fundraiser, meaning they would transfer the money within two to five days.
“If that whole situation hadn’t happened, I would have been out of this whole thing at $2,000 and been happy,” Hall, who has been arrested twice, added.
The former film star, who abandoned Hollywood to pursue an off-grid lifestyle in Arkansas, believes the unexpected donations were part of 'God's plan'.
He said the money could help his family purchase farming equipment, animals and building materials, eventually allowing them to move out of their camper and into a permanent home.
It comes after facing backlash online, with one person telling him to put his ‘pride down and get a real job’.
They wrote: “This is embarrassing, stop impregnating your wife when you can’t even keep your family afloat.”
Responding to the comment, Hall said: “I'm going to keep impregnating my wife.”
Hall noted that the fundraiser couldn’t be deleted until the first set of funds were transferred.
“The fundraiser is currently being mass reported by all the usual suspects. Can’t delete until the first funds transfer,” he said.
A spokesperson for GoFundMe told PEOPLE: “Our team is in touch with the organizer and is working with him to help ensure funds are delivered quickly and safely.”
LADbible Group has contacted GoFundMe for an update.
Why Hall stepped away from Hollywood
In a YouTube video from last year, Hall said he was no longer ‘congruous’ with his faith, calling himself a ‘radical Catholic extremist’.
“It was a hard realization, but it was something that I was pretty firm on, and I still am. The irony was that I loved the work,” he said. “I wasn’t sort of disillusioned in terms of my love of work. I really, really loved it. I loved film and TV and the process of storytelling, more than any of you.”
Hall said he donated most of his material possessions and all of his savings in an effort to 'maintain a life as free of any need for an income as possible'.
“If there’s a financial need that comes up, I’ll go take some work or do an odd job, for cash to fulfil that need,” he added.
Anish Vij
