The OnlyFans model who threw a banana milkshake at Nigel Farage refused to apologize and instead insisted: “I made my point.”
Victoria Thomas-Bowen, 25, claims she has pocketed £40,000 in extra subscribers to her channel since she was arrested for drenching the UK’s reformist leader in the thick, ice-cold flavored drink as he launched his bid to be elected MP of Clacton.
The blonde bombshell, however, denies it was a publicity stunt and says she only planned to throw milkshake at Mr Farage an hour before he left the Moon and Starfish Wetherspoon pub in the Essex seaside town.
Thomas-Bowen spent eight hours in custody before being released and charged with assault and criminal damage.
The former Catholic school pupil will appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on July 2 to answer the charges, but has refused to back down and apologize to Mr Farage as she says “it was just a milkshake”.
Victoria Thomas-Bowen, 25, who threw a banana milkshake on Nigel Farage refused to apologize and instead insisted: “I made my point.”
She claims she has pocketed £40,000 in extra subscribers to her channel since she was arrested for dousing the Reform UK leader with the thick, ice-cold, flavored drink in Clacton.
The model has amassed an additional 2,000 followers on both of her Onlyfans pages since the ‘shake’.
Thomas-Bowen, who studied law, maths, sociology and business at university, has been involved in politics since the age of 15 and has “hated” Farage since his Brexit campaign.
speaking to SunShe says that once she heard he was visiting her hometown, she knew she wanted to go see him and hear what he had to say.
“I have never agreed with his views on immigration or his approach to women,” she said.
“I hadn’t had any breakfast and was feeling pretty dizzy, so I stopped at McDonalds on the way to the pier and had a banana shake.”
Thomas-Bowen had to elbow his way through the crowd to throw the drink at Mr Farage as he walked down the stairs.
She told the newspaper she couldn’t believe it when she saw it on the news when she was released from custody.
Thomas-Bowen faces the possibility of being jailed for a maximum of six months for the assault charge and three months for criminal damage.
She says: “I know people say it could have been something else and he could have been scared, so I hope he wasn’t scared.”
Thomas-Bowen, who studied law, maths, sociology and business at university, has been involved in politics since the age of 15 and has “hated” Farage since his Brexit campaign.
Thomas-Bowen will appear at Colchester Magistrates Court on July 2 to answer the charges
Victoria Thomas-Bowen pictured after being charged with criminal damage and assault
Farage was flanked, as usual, by burly security staff as he left a pub, but there was nothing they could do when the contents of what appeared to be a McDonald’s cup were thrown at him.
The OnlyFans model stunned when Farage left a Wetherspoons pub in the seaside town.
“I made my point and I don’t regret it.”
Some people have sent “nice” messages of support to Thomas-Bowen since the men signed up to her Onlyfans page “so they can buy a new milkshake.”
Although there have been negative aspects too, with online trolls attacking her telling her she would be put in a “cage” and abusing her at work.
The Labor Party member since 2019 now wants to cancel her membership because she is unsure who to vote for in the next general election.
The incident sparked widespread condemnation from MPs across the political spectrum, including Labour’s Yvette Cooper, who called it a “disgrace” and “completely unacceptable and wrong”.
Reacting to the incident, Farage told ITV: “I don’t know what was thrown at me, but it hit me in the face fairly.” Pretty scary.’
He went on to say that he believes they keep throwing the dairy drink at him because he goes out “to meet the public and no one else does.”
The incident has echoes of 2019, when he was the victim of a similar stunt in Newcastle.
Home Secretary James Cleverly led the condemnation of the attack, saying it was “unacceptable” against any politician. Reformist allies called the attacker a “youthful imbecile” and said that would only increase his support.
It came after the Brexit campaigner told a large crowd of local voters that the Conservatives had “betrayed” his trust and warned Rishi Sunak would pay a “heavy price” in the July 4 general election.
Shouts from the crowd included “get ’em, Nige” and “we love you, Nigel”, as large numbers of Mr Farage’s supporters gathered near Clacton pier.
It hit him squarely in the face, though he simply wiped his eyes and continued.
Farage made light of the episode and bought a round of banana milkshakes for the snappers.
Essex Police said: ‘A woman is due to appear in court following an incident in Clacton.
‘Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, will appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, July 2 to answer charges of assault by beating and criminal damage.
‘The charges relate to an incident where a drink was thrown at a man in the Marine Parade East area, Clacton, at around 2.10pm on Tuesday 4 June.
“A 44-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker has been released and will face no further action.”