The OnlyFans model who threw a banana milkshake on Nigel Farage has refused to apologize and has instead insisted: ‘I’ve made my point.’
Victoria Thomas-Bowen, 25, claims she has earned £40,000 in extra subscribers to her channel since she was arrested for dousing the Reform UK leader with the thick, icy, flavored drink as he launched his bid to get elected become Clacton’s MP.
However, the blonde bombshell denies it was a publicity stunt and says she only made a plan to give Mr Farage a milkshake an hour before he left the Moon and Starfish Wetherspoon pub in the seaside town of Essex.
Thomas-Bowen spent eight hours in custody before being released and charged with assault and criminal damage.
The former Catholic schoolboy will appear at Colchester Crown Court on July 2 to answer the charges but has refused to withdraw and apologize to Mr Farage, saying ‘it was just a milkshake’.
Victoria Thomas-Bowen, 25, who threw a banana milkshake at Nigel Farage, has refused to apologize and instead insisted: ‘I made my point’
She claims she has made £40,000 from extra subscribers to her channel since she was arrested for dousing the Reform UK leader with the thick, icy, flavored drink in Clacton.
The model has amassed an additional 2,000 followers on her two OnlyFans pages since the ‘milkshaking’.
Thomas-Bowen, who studied law, maths, sociology and business at university, has been involved in politics since he was 15 and has ‘hated’ Mr Farage since his Brexit campaign.
Speak with The sunshe says, when she heard he was visiting her hometown, she knew she wanted to visit him and hear what he had to say.
“I never agreed with his views on immigration or his approach to women,” she said.
‘I hadn’t had breakfast yet and I was feeling quite light-headed, so I stopped at McDonalds on the way to the pier and got a banana milkshake.’
Thomas-Bowen had to push his way through the crowd to hurl the drink at Mr Farage as he walked down the stairs.
She told the newspaper she couldn’t believe it when she saw it all over the news when she was released.
Thomas-Bowen faces a prison sentence of up to six months for assault and three months for criminal damage.
She says: ‘I know people say it could have been something else and he might have been scared, so I really hope he wasn’t scared.
Thomas-Bowen, who studied law, maths, sociology and business at university, has been involved in politics since he was 15 and has ‘hated’ Mr 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
Mr Farage was flanked by heavy security as usual as he left a pub, but they could do nothing as the contents of what appeared to be a McDonald’s cup were thrown at him.
The OnlyFans model struck as Farage stepped out of a Wetherspoons pub in the seaside resort
“I made my point and I don’t regret it.”
Some people have been sending Thomas-Bowen “nice” messages of support since the flood of men signing up to her OnlyFans page “so I could buy a new milkshake.”
Although there have been negatives too, with online trolls targeting her saying they would put her in a ‘cage’ and abuse her because of her job.
The Labor Party member since 2019 now wants to cancel her membership as she is unsure who to vote for in the upcoming general election.
The incident sparked widespread condemnation from MPs across the political spectrum, including Labor leader Yvette Cooper, who called it a ‘disgrace’ and ‘completely unacceptable and wrong’.
Commenting on the incident, Farage told ITV: ‘I don’t know what was thrown at me but it hit me straight in the face. Quite scary.’
He went on to say that he thinks the dairy drink keeps getting thrown 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. Reform allies called the attacker a “youthful idiot” and said this would only increase their support.
It came after the Brexit champion told a large crowd of local voters that the Tories had “betrayed” their trust and warned Rishi Sunak he would pay a “big price” in the July 4 general election.
Shouts of ‘get them Nige’ and ‘we love you Nigel’ came from the crowd as large numbers of Farage supporters gathered at Clacton pier.
It hit him full in the face, even though he just wiped his eyes and carried on
Mr Farage made light of it 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 and battery.
‘The charge relates to an incident where a drink was thrown at a man in the area of Marine Parade East, Clacton, at around 2.10pm on Tuesday, June 4.
‘A 44-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker has been released and will face no further action.’