Former Vikings captain speaks out against team for employing male cheerleaders

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, appeared on OutKick's "Hot Mic" and talked about the male cheerleaders on the Minnesota Vikings.

The Minnesota Vikings' employment of male cheerleaders for the 2025 season has prompted growing controversy, and now a former player is weighing in. 

The team's new male cheerleaders, Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn, have been the topic of fierce social media debate after speaking out against critics, as the team has even put out a statement in defense of the two men on the cheer squad. 

Former Vikings player and current conservative activist Jack Brewer told Fox News Digital he is "disgusted and embarrassed" about the new cheerleaders.

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The Minnesota Vikings cheerleaders lead the crowd during the third quarter against the New England Patriots at U.S. Bank Stadium. (Jeffrey Becker/Imagn Images)

"As a former Viking team captain who grew up a Viking fan—my dad’s been a Viking fan since 1972—I’ve never been so disgusted and embarrassed to even have any association with the Minnesota Vikings brand. I think I speak for a lot of other former players and Viking fans when I say that this does not represent this great franchise," Brewer said. 

"Now we’re being represented with men with pom-poms on the sideline. It’s sickening. No man needs to ever have a pom-pom in their hand."

Brewer added that he believes the inclusion of men on the cheerleading squad is an attempt to "manipulate children."

"This is purely an attempt to manipulate young children, to overtake the minds of young children with this spiritual evilness," Brewer said. "The influence on kids is manipulating the mind of the children. They are teaching young boys that it’s okay to have