Brandon “Bug” Hall is reaching out for a helping hand as he and his wife prepare to welcome their sixth child.
The former child star, 41, launched a GoFundMe campaign on Thursday, November 5, in an attempt to raise funds to cover expenses associated with their expanding brood and to help finish setting up their new home.
Hall shared via the GoFundMe campaign that he was initially hesitant to create the fundraiser but he had reached the point where he felt it was necessary.
“It’s now six years since I self-cancelled, and I have avoided doing one of these in all that time. 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, who is best known for his role as Alfalfa in The Little Rascals, wrote.
Hall shared that he and his family were working hard towards finding their feet in their new property in rural Arkansas but challenges had arisen.
“We’ve made it onto the new land in record time, but I’m a few materials short of having things working right, 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 continued, “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.
The father-of-five said he wanted to get everything sorted before his wife gives birth and acknowledge that he isn’t the only one doing it tough at the moment.
“My hope is to finalize everything here over the next two weeks so I can take some work until the baby arrives,” he 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.”
The GoFundMe’s stated goal was set at $2,000. At time of publication, Hall had received more than $9,000 from 102 donations.
Hall’s campaign comes after he was arrested in Ohio in April after failing to appear in court, according to multiple reports.
The actor missed a December 31, 2024, court date tied to an October 29, 2024, traffic citation for driving without liability insurance. He was charged with failure to appear.
Hall left Hollywood behind in 2020 in a bid to embrace a self-described “radical Catholic extremist” lifestyle off-the-grid as he took a “vow of poverty,” according to the Daily Mail.
