The Heartbreaking Downfall Of 15 Of Hollywood’s Most Beloved Child Stars

Bug Hall gave up a life in showbiz and to live completely off-the-grid on an 80-acre plot near the town of Mountain View, Arkansas, with his wife, their four daughters, and one son.

The father-of-five was a child star, best known for his role as Alfalfa in 1994’s The Little Rascals. But he ditched a life in Hollywood to embrace his identity as a “radical Catholic extremist.”

Earlier this year, he said he was taking a “vow of poverty” and donated all of his material possessions and savings before moving to the 80-acre plot.

Calling himself a “medieval moralist,” he previously told the Daily Mail that he said goodbye to Hollywood after being arrested for allegedly huffing air duster cans while visiting his parents in Texas in 2020. He had been sober for 15 years before he wound up with a misdemeanor possession charge over the 2020 incident.

The intention of leaving showbiz was to ditch a life of “manipulation, of other people, in how I speak to them, in the stuff that I make or produce… including myself, as an add*ct,” he said.

“I didn’t want to go work some job that was basically meaningless, making widgets to entertain people or distract people,” he added.

Hall sparked controversy in 2024 when he called his newborn son his “heir” and his daughters “dishwashers.”

“I have an heir!” he said in his social media announcement. “Mark Athanasius Chad Anthony Hall-Barnett of the Holy Cross was born at 4 am, weighing in at 9.5 lbs.”

At the time, many raised their eyebrows over his son being called an “heir.”

“You already have daughters. WTF is wrong with you?!” one asked.

“I said heir, not dishwasher,” said the 1990s child star.

Netizens expressed their fury, with one saying: “You’re publicly demeaning your daughters to try and generate rage bait clicks. It’s the behavior of a petulant, emasculated child, and I pray for all of your children.”

“With opinions like this, I hope CPS [Child Protective Services] shows up soon,” said another.