The OnlyFans model who threw a milkshake over Nigel Farage clearly has an entrepreneurial spirit. Victoria Thomas Bowen is now auctioning off the grey tracksuit she wore during the Clac-attack, with all money going to charity Blood Cancer UK. On eBay she notes that there are “some banana milkshake stains.” Sixteen people have bid on it so far. “My mum was diagnosed with blood cancer in 2020 so this is a cause close to my heart,” she writes. The 25-year-old is due to appear at Colchester Magistrates' Court in two weeks’ time on charges of assault, and said that she hasn’t yet found a lawyer. But she has been living well in the meantime, holidaying in the Canary Islands and receiving gifts from admirers.
Reform leader Farage has made light of the attack, joking that Thomas Bowen was “upset” because he had ended his subscription to her OnlyFans page. He returned to Clacton last night for a campaign rally, taking to the stage to Eminem’s Without Me. As we predicted, the tune has become Farage’s campaign anthem, and he has gleefully sung along to the lyrics “guess who’s back, back again”. The event was held at Clacton Town Hall with a crowd of 800, who had paid £3 each for the pleasure of being there.
Zadie’s stage invader
Security guards had to intervene at a Zadie Smith talk in Islington on Monday night when an audience member rushed the stage and tried to approach the author. It turns out he had just wanted to give her a copy of a short story he had written. The man had put his hand up in the Q&A and said that he had a “little identity crisis” before deciding to become a writer. “One thing, Zadie, I have a short story here,” he told Smith, who deadpanned, “Oh, there you go” before saying she would read it. Five minutes later he clambered onto the stage unannounced, brandishing sheafs of paper. There was a little scuffle as security tried to stop him, and he eventually handed the story to the event’s moderator. “I had to cover my eyes,” said one audience member, who spoke of the collective cringe in the room. “Given what happened to Salman Rushdie it was actually a very scary moment,” said another. The event was hosted by Intelligence Squared at the Union Chapel, and was otherwise without incident.
