The mystery woman who chucked a Macca’s thickshake over controversial UK politician Nigel Farage has been identified as a labour-supporting OnlyFans model.
Victoria Thomas-Bowen, 25, threw the banana-flavoured drink over the leader of Reform UK (formerly the Brexit Party) as he launched his election campaign in front of huge crowds in the English seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea on Tuesday.
Mr Farage had just left the Moon and Starfish Wetherspoons, a well-known British pub chain, where he kicked off his battle for Parliament – when he was targeted by the adult entertainer, The Sun reports.
Video taken of the incident showed Thomas-Bowen waiting for the ex-UKIP leader to walk past before hurling her McDonald’s shake.
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”.
While running away from the scene, the woman who allegedly threw the drink told The Sun she did so because Mr 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 Mr 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.”
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, insisting he would deliver a better opposition to Labour than the Conservative Party, and arrived to chants of “Nigel, Nigel, Nigel” from hundreds of fans 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.”
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.
“We were called to the area of Marine Parade East, Clacton, at around 2.10pm today (Tuesday 4 June),” a statement read.
“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.
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!”
This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission
