Jason Bateman has been an actor since he was a young child, with his first major role coming in 1981 when he portrayed James Cooper Ingalls on the hit TV series “Little House on the Prairie.”

It was a good starting point for his career, but not all of his memories of working on the series are positive.

Appearing last week on " Hot Ones ," Bateman says he was hazed by older cast members on the show, according to People Magazine .

“What they did do is they pinned me down on the ground, straddled me with knees on my shoulders and gave me noogies or whatever they call it on my chest,” Bateman said. “They knocked on my chest like I was a front door.”

Parade reports Bateman got revenge on his tormentors by going to a makeup artist and having a large black-and-blue mark put on his chest

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