‘Little Rascals’ Star Brandon ‘Bug’ Hall Reveals What Motivated His ‘Vow of Poverty’ Before Begging for Money: ‘I Was a Horror’

Brandon “Bug” Hall said he took a “vow of poverty” after being arrested in 2020 for allegedly sniffing air bombs.

“I was arrested. I mean, the shame was on me,” he exclusively told Page Six in an interview about his first arrest. (In April 2026, Hall was arrested in Ohio and charged with failure to appear for a court date beginning in December 2024.)

“It was Father’s Day. My family was out of town. And I was, at that point, 12 years sober with another relapse mixed in there,” the “Little Rascals” star told us.

“I still wasn’t right. I still had self-pity and resentment towards everything that makes an addict do what they do.”

Hall, now 41, said his arrest came a day after he completed an executive producer assignment on a Netflix show he had sold.

“It’s a little weird in the mind of an addict, it’s like, ‘Okay, I’ve fulfilled my responsibilities. My family’s out of town.’ So the addict’s brain said, “This is your chance,” he told us.

“So, I relapsed, and it was horrible for my wife. Thank God my kids have no idea. I mean, they were out of town,” Hall added.

“I was a horror to my parents. It was a horror to everyone. What a shame.”

Hall said he “didn’t change much” in his lifestyle after his first relapse, but when images of his photo spread in the media from his second, it was “heartbreaking.”

“It’s hard to express how much shame there is. You see it all the time. I never thought about how deep and how hard that shame is to bear, when the whole world, when every media outlet suddenly took your picture,” he told Page Six.

After six months of being a “lazy bum” and not being able to get out of bed, Hall said “that’s when the vow of poverty hit.”

“I was reading a lot about the saints and the wild, carefree approach that the saints take in their pursuit of God, and I thought, ‘Is there a version of this in married life that I can apply that would be an adventure worth fighting for? Something that could keep me on the right track?’ And it is,” the former child star shared.

“So I’m grateful for that. So when people post (photos), there’s always hurt. And I think that’s usually their intention,” he added.

“It’s a nice, good shot and I’m grateful for it.”

In 2020, Hall was arrested in Texas in June for allegedly breathing air bombs.

At the time, a 911 caller claimed Hall may have overdosed after spotting him puffing near a hotel dumpster. When police arrived, they found the “Get a Clue” actor in his hotel room surrounded by cans.

After investigation, Hall was arrested for misdemeanor possession for use to inhale or ingest a volatile chemical. The charge was later dismissed.

After the incident, Hall “self-canceled” and left Hollywood. He and his wife, Jill DeGroff, and their five children later moved to a small area near Mountain Home, Arkansas.

Hall told Page Six that a “vow of poverty” is when he and his family — whose monthly bills reach about $300 — “use the money as little as possible.”

“Anything that can be solved without money, we solve without money,” he explained. “It’s my responsibility to reduce our overhead costs as close to zero as possible. We have a phone bill. We have a very small electric bill.”

Hall recently made headlines after starting a GoFundMe for financial help before welcoming her sixth baby.

The “American Pie Presents: The Book of Love” actor told Page Six that he will not return donated excess funds once his initial goal of $2,000 is reached. Hall raised nearly $30,000.