
Former game show hostess Jo Silvagni has been caught on camera lashing out at a TV reporter after her son Tom was jailed for six years for rape.
Silvagni – who has of late been the promotional face of Chemist Warehouse and Berkowitz Furniture – raced out of the court with former AFL star husband Steve Silvagni on Wednesday.
Tom Silvagni had just been jailed for six years and two months, with a non-parole period of three years and three months.
As she and her husband left the court, she shrugged off media questions, pushing one reporter away and then adding: ‘Do your job!’
Moments earlier Silvagni – whose maiden name was Jo Bailey – had once again glared at her son’s victim in court.
Outside she turned on Sky News Australia reporter Georgie Dickerson as she sought a reaction from the rapist’s mother about her son’s jail sentence and if there would be an appeal.
But the questions sparked the mother’s angry outburst.
Jo Silvagni and her husband Stephen moments after Jo berated Sky reporter Georgie Dickerson (pictured in pink behind Jo)
Father of Tom Silvagni speaks out after rape verdict
Silvagni physically rebuffed Dickerson, brushing her aside as she approached to ask her questions.
Hair slicked back and dressed entirely in black, Jo held tightly onto the arm of her husband, who also refused to engage with reporters.
It was in stark contrast to the couple’s tearful display outside court the previous week when they made a beeline for waiting reporters and vowed to appeal.
‘Jo and I, together with our family members and friends, are so disappointed with the outcome,’ Stephen Silvagni told reporters then.
With his wife’s arm around him, he continued to question the credibility of the victim.
‘We all love and support our son Tom. Our son continues to maintain his innocence and we stand firmly behind him,’ he said.
‘We will be considering our options to appeal and shall not be making any further comments on this case. Our goal is to clear his name and bring him home.’
But the Silvagnis were in no mood to talk on Wednesday, after a bitter backlash to their emotional statement last week.
Hands on: Jo Sivagni takes a swipe at Sky reporter Georgie Dickerson
Jo Silvagni and son Tom (centre) leave court while their identities were still protected by a court order
Jo Silvagni had been a Sale of the Century co-host alongside Glenn Ridge (pictured)
Her media bust-up comes amid intense scrutiny over her future in the public eye.
The mother of three had managed to keep her name out of the headlines for more than a year because of a court-imposed non-publication order protecting her son and his family.
Silvagni first appeared on TV in the early 1990s as a co-host on Sale of the Century from 1991 to 1993 and later fronted Channel Nine’s lifestyle program Looking Good.
She later fronted TV ads for Zoot Review, speaking to Australian celebrities who spruiked products such as Cold Power, Ski yoghurt and Nurofen.
For more than a decade, Silvagni has also been one of the public faces of Chemist Warehouse, which is holding fire on a decision about the partnership in the wake of her son’s conviction.
She continues to appear in TV ads for the well-known brand, despite the legal dramas that have hung over her son, Tom, for almost two years.
A Chemist Warehouse spokeswoman declined to comment when contacted by Daily Mail last week regarding the brand’s ongoing partnership with Silvagni.
The Silvagni name was dragged through the mud even further on Wednesday when it was revealed Stephen was now at war with former Carlton president Mark LoGiudice.
While Stephen Silvagni cried outside court for his rapist son, Carlton fans continue to cry about his list management decisions
Tom Silvagni had tried to convince his victim she had sex with Mr LoGiudice’s son Anthony on the night of his attack.
The jury heard the victim had consensual sex with Anthony in an upstairs bedroom.
At 1.58am, Mr LoGiudice left in an Uber, arriving at his home at 2.09am.
Silvagni then deceived the woman, falsely claiming Anthony’s Uber had been cancelled and that he would be returning upstairs.
Instead, Silvagni entered the darkened bedroom himself, climbed into the bed and impersonated his mate before digitally raping the woman twice.
While Jo continues to make headlines, diehard Carlton fans are still seething from her husband’s time as the club’s list manager.
‘Jo worried me, was she getting in her husband’s ear there? Was that why he made error after error as Carlton’s list boss?’ one fan told Daily Mail.
‘I mean how could he recruit hasbeens and duds like Petrevski-Seton, Kristian Jaksch and Lachie Plowman?’