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| Scott Morrison shoe Photoshop fail gives Australian prime minister two left feet | |
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| It was supposed to be the perfect political portrait – the smiling family man prime minister with his beaming wife and kids. | It was supposed to be the perfect political portrait – the smiling family man prime minister with his beaming wife and kids. |
| But the image on Scott Morrison’s website had a simple but rather obvious flaw – the leader of Australia had two left feet and a pair of Photoshopped shoes. | |
| The failed picture doctoring attempt has gone viral on social media and has been dubbed #shoegate. The original photo has now been restored. | The failed picture doctoring attempt has gone viral on social media and has been dubbed #shoegate. The original photo has now been restored. |
| #auspol story of 2019: our latest PM (ScoMo) had nice white shoes photoshopped onto his feet for his official https://t.co/eXNtcX7xTa site?! Yup. Regular bloke. Our tax dollars hard at work. #shoegate pic.twitter.com/kA0gG0yy9L | #auspol story of 2019: our latest PM (ScoMo) had nice white shoes photoshopped onto his feet for his official https://t.co/eXNtcX7xTa site?! Yup. Regular bloke. Our tax dollars hard at work. #shoegate pic.twitter.com/kA0gG0yy9L |
| A spokesman for Morrison said the prime minister did not request or authorise the Photoshopping. | |
| “The photo was doctored by the department of prime minister and cabinet without the knowledge of, or authorisation by, the PM or the PM’s office,” he said. | “The photo was doctored by the department of prime minister and cabinet without the knowledge of, or authorisation by, the PM or the PM’s office,” he said. |
| Morrison tweeted a picture of his K Swiss trainers on Wednesday morning. | Morrison tweeted a picture of his K Swiss trainers on Wednesday morning. |
| “Message to my Department (PM&C): I didn’t ask for the shoeshine, but if you must Photoshop, please focus on the hair (lack thereof), not the feet!” | |
| Message to my Department (PM&C): I didn’t ask for the shoeshine, but if you must Photoshop, please focus on the hair (lack thereof), not the feet! 😀Here they are in all their glory - my footwear of choice whenever I can get out of a suit. pic.twitter.com/hKKUstnArq | Message to my Department (PM&C): I didn’t ask for the shoeshine, but if you must Photoshop, please focus on the hair (lack thereof), not the feet! 😀Here they are in all their glory - my footwear of choice whenever I can get out of a suit. pic.twitter.com/hKKUstnArq |
| Social media users have had fun creating memes about the saga. | Social media users have had fun creating memes about the saga. |
| RT schnozzman: Yo did I do this right?#Shoegate pic.twitter.com/555hbcaIfb | RT schnozzman: Yo did I do this right?#Shoegate pic.twitter.com/555hbcaIfb |
| ScoMo’s media team be like... pic.twitter.com/LVVk1NF2WY | ScoMo’s media team be like... pic.twitter.com/LVVk1NF2WY |
| Some people want more Photoshopping, not less. | |
| “Please tell me people are currently working on Photoshopping alternative shoes right now? Flippers, clogs, Doc Martins??? #Shoegate” Simon Mitchell wrote. | |
| Exactly. pic.twitter.com/JNgAyeFz0f | Exactly. pic.twitter.com/JNgAyeFz0f |
| In September last year, Morrison’s office deleted a video from his social media accounts after discovering the accompanying hip-hop song contained explicit and derogatory lyrics. | In September last year, Morrison’s office deleted a video from his social media accounts after discovering the accompanying hip-hop song contained explicit and derogatory lyrics. |
| The 11-second clip from question time showed MPs raising their hands, set to the 1999 track Be Faithful by American rapper Fatman Scoop. | The 11-second clip from question time showed MPs raising their hands, set to the 1999 track Be Faithful by American rapper Fatman Scoop. |
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