Former The Little Rascals star Bug Hall is receiving an outpouring of support after launching a fundraiser to help his growing family prepare for the arrival of their sixth child.
The 41-year-old actor, widely recognized for playing Alfalfa in the 1994 comedy, launched a GoFundMe campaign on Thursday (Nov. 5), titled “Helping the Hall-Barnetts Finish Before Baby Six,” asking for financial assistance as his family settles into a new property in rural Arkansas.
Hall initially set a fundraising target of $2,000, but contributions quickly surpassed that amount. According to the latest reported figures, the campaign had collected $15,721 from 197 donors. In the fundraiser’s description, Hall explained that although his family had successfully moved, they still needed financial help to cover a few outstanding expenses before welcoming their newest addition.
“I really need some help getting the last few things buttoned up,” Hall wrote.
“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).”
Hall also admitted that asking the public for financial help was something he had deliberately avoided since leaving Hollywood.
“It’s now six years since I self-cancelled, and I have avoided doing one of these in all that time,” he explained. “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.”
The fundraiser comes months after Hall revealed that he had taken a “vow of poverty” as part of his decision to embrace a religious lifestyle outside the entertainment industry.
During a January interview with the Daily Mail, Hall said he donated the money he earned as a child actor to charity and gave away many of his personal belongings.
Rather than pursue a conventional career, the actor explained that he takes on temporary jobs whenever “a financial need” comes up, picking up odd jobs “for cash to fulfill that need.”
Hall walked away from Hollywood in 2020 and has since adopted an off-the-grid lifestyle centered on his Catholic faith, describing himself as “a radical Catholic extremist.”
He and his wife homeschool their five children. The family previously lived in Los Angeles and Texas before eventually moving to Arkansas.
Despite their financial difficulties, Hall maintained an optimistic outlook, describing his family as “overjoyed” and “even enjoying roughing it.”
With their sixth child expected in less than a month, Hall is hoping to finish the remaining work on their property soon.
“My hope is to finalize everything here over the next two weeks so I can take some work until the baby arrives,” he wrote.
Hall previously made headlines following the birth of his youngest child, a son he referred to as his “heir.” When a commenter questioned why he didn’t consider his daughters heirs as well, he reportedly called them “dishwashers.”
