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Woman, 25, arrested for chucking milkshake at Nigel Farage because she ‘just felt like it’ unmasked as OnlyFans model
The Labour supporter said 'he doesn't stand for me' during the incident
THE woman who chucked a banana milkshake over Nigel Farage is a Labour-supporting OnlyFans model, The Sun can reveal.
Victoria Thomas-Bowen, 25, threw the drink over the Reform leader as he launched his election campaign in front of huge crowds in Clacton-on-Sea today.
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Mr Farage had just left the Moon and Starfish Wetherspoons - where he kicked off his battle for Parliament - when he was targeted.
A video taken of the incident showed blonde Thomas-Bowen waiting for the ex-UKIP leader to walk past before hurling her McDonald’s milkshake.
Thomas-Bowen, who runs an account on OnlyFans and posts raunchy snaps on Instagram, previously shared a picture on Facebook with the caption: “Vote Labour for the many not the few”.
Thomas-Bowen told the BBC she flung the banana milkshake because she "just felt like it".
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While running away from the scene, the woman who allegedly threw the drink told The Sun she did so because Farage is "an ar*e".
She added: "He just is. I don't know why. Maybe his parents raised him that way."
When asked which of Farage's policies she disagreed with, she said: "I don't want to say anything else."
The incident did not seem to dampen Mr Farage's spirit as he was filmed holding a McDonald's milkshake shortly afterwards, adding: “My milkshake brings all the people to the rally."
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He described the incident as "quite scary" and said: "No one goes out and does the old-style street campaigning the way that I do, and this is risk that goes with it."
The Brexit stalwart only announced his surprise election bid on Monday and arrived to chants of “Nigel, Nigel, Nigel” from hundreds of fans in Clacton a day later.
He told them: “I will stand up and fight for you, I will give you my best and I will do what I have done for the last quarter of a century in politics.
“I will be unafraid, despite what everybody says, despite what names they call me, they are so stupid it only encourages me really, in fact, send me to Parliament to be a bloody nuisance.”
Moment Nigel Farage is bustled into party bus after having milkshake thrown over him
Declaring war on the Tories, Mr Farage accused them of "betraying" the trust of voters, adding: "They opened up the borders to mass immigration like we have never seen before and they deserve to pay a price for that. A big price for that.”
He also promised the crowd: "I do know one thing — a woman can’t have a penis.
“You won’t get any woke, PC, nonsense from me because I’ve always told it as it is and stood up for what I believe in."
Essex Police said they had made two arrests after responding to reports of a drink being thrown at a man in Clacton.
They said in a statement: “We were called to the area of Marine Parade East, Clacton, at around 2.10pm today (Tuesday 4 June).
“It was reported a man had a drink thrown over him as he left a premises in the area.”
They said a 25-year-old woman from Clacton had been arrested on suspicion of assault.
While officers were responding and making this arrest, a man was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker.
Both individuals were taken to a police station for questioning.
It is the second time the Brexit champion has been swilled - having been covered head-to-toe in Newcastle in 2019.
ANALYSIS: Like him or loathe him, you just can't ignore Nigel Farage
By JACK ELSOM, Chief Political Correspondent
LIKE him or loathe him - you just can’t ignore Nigel Farage.
For a man who has never won a UK parliamentary election, his impact on British politics over the past decade cannot be understated.
He arguably has the biggest personal claim to the historic 2016 Brexit vote, having bounced David Cameron into calling the referendum to neutralise the UKIP threat.
And his decision to stand down his Brexit Party troops in Tory seats at the last election helped propel Boris Johnson to victory.
Though regularly portrayed by his enemies as a fringe eccentric - or worse - what Farage says and does has serious ramifications.
And so the prospect of him diving headfirst into the general election campaign as Reform leader will have Rishi Sunak in cold sweats.
He is possibly one of the best orators of our political age, and can effectively punch Tory bruises on immigration and taxes.
Yet Farage’s challenge will be to do what outgoing boss Richard Tice struggled to - make the party into a credible election force.
Easier said than done in our brutal first past the post election system, as Farage has previously discovered in his seven failed tilts at office.
UKIP’s performance in its heyday 2015 election? Three million votes - but just one seat.
Can this estranged ex-Tory finally deliver some MPs on election night - or will he only serve to eat into the Conservative vote.
The Farage factor already appeared to be showing results, with Betfair now putting him odds-on to win in Clacton.
And Reform insiders are hopeful that so-far stuttering donations will now come flooding in.
Is he in the business of doing deals with the Tories? Absolutely not. Why? Because he thinks the they are finished.
Speaking to the Sun after taking over as leader and declaring himself readers’ best bet on July 4.
With a glass of wine in hand and his trademark cheshire cat grin, he said: “There is no Conservative Party. It doesn’t exist - they’ve lost already.”
He couldn’t care less if his old party goes to hell in a handcart - as long as he’s in the centre of things.
Following the incident on Tuesday afternoon, ex-Reform leader Richard Tice called the woman who threw the shake a “juvenile moron”, adding: "We will not be bullied or threatened off the campaign trail."
Even his political opponents condemned the attack, with James Cleverly branding it "unacceptable".
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The Home Secretary said: "There is no excuse to resort to behaviour like this. We may disagree, but we debate, and then we vote."
Tory MP for Clacton Giles Watling echoed Mr Cleverly's comments, writing on Facebook: "I'm sorry to hear Nigel Farage had drinks thrown at him in Clacton-on-Sea today - we may disagree, but every candidate has the right to campaign without fear of violence or intimidation!"
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