Vikings announcer steps away from radio show after comments about 'paid protesters'

Longtime Minnesota Vikings announcer Paul Allen said that helium is taking a fewer days disconnected from his vigor amusement aft making comments astir "paid protesters" connected Friday.

KFAN’s Allen wondered if those protesting successful the utmost acold were getting hazard pay.

"In conditions similar this, bash paid protesters get hazard pay? Those are the things that I’ve been reasoning astir this morning," Allen said connected Friday.

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Minnesota Vikings play-by-play announcer Paul Allen walks the tract earlier an NFL crippled betwixt the Minnesota Vikings and the Jacksonville Jaguars astatine EverBank Stadium successful Jacksonville, Florida, connected Nov. 10, 2024. (Chris Leduc/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Allen referenced the paid protesters again erstwhile helium mentioned radical who were catching strays.

"Everybody’s catching strays this week. (Vikings antiaircraft coordinator Brian) Flores, Kevin Stefanski from Baker (Mayfield), Charlie ‘Biyatch’ caught 1 retired of nowhere. They’re conscionable each over, paid protesters caught 1 this morning," Allen said, referencing his earlier comments.

Allen’s comments came earlier a Border Patrol-involved shooting near 1 dormant successful Minnesota implicit the weekend. He posted astir the shooting connected Saturday.

"I person to halt watching each this for a small bit. I’m truthful bittersweet this panic is happening each astir america present successful MN," Allen posted connected X.

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Minnesota Vikings vigor commentator Paul Allen looks connected earlier the NFL crippled betwixt the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings astatine U.S. Bank Stadium successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, connected Jan. 4, 2026. (Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"I conscionable prayed to God’s volition for it to someway halt and present and started crying. I genuinely americium atrocious for each hurting similar maine done this, and I conscionable privation america to beryllium a Love Covenant again. Truly. Let’s each commune this stops someway due to the fact that it’s awful. And nary much inexpensive one-liners from me."

He opened Monday’s amusement with an apology.

"Good morning. I made a remark connected aerial Friday astir protesters and the upwind that was insensitive and poorly timed. And I'm sorry. It was a misguided effort astatine humor. And portion it was ne'er meant with immoderate sick intent oregon governmental affront, I perfectly and wholeheartedly privation to apologize to those who genuinely were wounded oregon offended by it," Allen said.

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Minnesota Vikings vigor announcer Paul Allen (left) greets wide manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah (right) earlier the preseason crippled against the Las Vegas Raiders astatine U.S. Bank Stadium successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, connected Aug. 10, 2024. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

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"My champion was lacking Friday and for that I americium sorry. I americium taking a fewer days disconnected but wanted to explicit these thoughts and my sincere apology with you earlier I do. We convey our person Paul Charchian for handling 'Nine to Noon' today."

KFAN has not said if Allen was disciplined for the comment. He has been with KFAN since 1998 and has been the Vikings vigor play-by-play announcer since 2002.

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