Brandon "Bug" Hall is standing by his decision to ask for financial assistance to support his growing family amid backlash.
Days after "The Little Rascals" alum launched a GoFundMe campaign to get help paying off various bills as he and his wife Jill prepare to welcome their sixth child, Hall reported having difficulty accessing the fundsfans have sent his way.
"Oh irony of ironies… This would have been closed down within 48 hours, had not the usual seethers and teeth gnashers mass reported it," Hall wrote in a Nov. 7 X post. "Now it has to remain up until the first funds transfer. Even the demons do God's will in their malice. Deus Vult."
Since sharing the fundraiser on Nov. 5, the former child actor has raised a whopping $28,000 and counting
for him and his family.
Hall's plea was not without criticism, with some fans calling for Hall to get a "real job" to support his family and others criticizing the star for not shutting down the fundraiser as soon as it met the original $2,000 goal. Hall said he couldn't delete the fundraiser until the "first funds transfer."
"I'm going to keep impregnating my wife," Hall responded to an X user who told him to get his "priorities straight" and "practice NFP [natural family planning]" among other remarks.
Hall said in a Nov. 9 update that the fundraiser would be deleted in "two to five business days" along with a screenshot of an interaction with a GoFundMe customer service representative. According to the screenshots posted by Hall, GoFundMe concluded its review and that the funds would be sent automatically.
As of Monday, Nov. 9, Hall's fundraiser appears to be active.
USA TODAY has reached out to GoFundMe for comment.
Brandon 'Bug' Hall's plea comes after 'self-cancellation'
Hall's plea for financial assistance comes six years after he "self-cancelled." He explained that he'd avoided seeking help 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 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 said his family is all "overjoyed to be where we are, and we're even enjoying roughing it," adding that he really needs help "getting the last few things buttoned up beforehand."
"My hope is to finalize everything here over the next two weeks so I can take some work until the baby arrives. 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," he concluded.
He and Jill, who have been married since 2017, share four daughters and one son, who are seen in a photograph included in the GoFundMe page.
The Fort Worth, Texas, native is best known for playing the cowlick-haired and dorky Alfalfa in 1994's "The Little Rascals." Before leaving his Hollywood career behind in 2020, he also appeared in movies like "Hercules," "The Big Green," and "Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves," as well as several TV shows, including "Charmed" and "CSI: Miami."
According to previous USA TODAY reporting, Hall was arrested in June 2020 for "huffing," a form of substance abuse that involves inhaling fumes and vapors in order to experience a high. He was released June 21 after spending the night in jail.
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