Twitter Is Roasting Australia Prime Minister’s Photoshopped Sneakers

Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison is getting his Photoshopped K-Swiss sneakers roasted on social media with #shoegate memes.

Scott Morrison K Swiss Shoes
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Scott Morrison K Swiss Shoes

When Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison posed for a family holiday photo last year, he did so in his trusty, well-worn K-Swiss sneakers. But apparently someone on his staff deemed the shoes unfit for Morrison's official website and attempted to Photoshop him in a pair of nondescript crisp white sneakers instead.

The gaffe was soon pointed out by Twitter user @lukerhn, who noticed that Morrison appeared to be wearing two left shoes. Shortly after the tweet, the header image on Morrison's website was reverted back to the original version, but not without some input from the Prime Minister himself.

#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

— lukerhn (@lukerhn) January 8, 2019

"I didn't ask for the shoeshine, but if you must Photoshop, please focus on the hair," Morrison joked in a tweet. Despite the firsthand acknowledgement, Twitter followed up by doing what it does best and creating dozens of flips and memes related to the Prime Minister's footwear.

Every leader has issues to deal with. Keep up the great work Mr Morrison pic.twitter.com/WTFF0lWbVm

— Corbin Schuster (@CorbinSchuster) January 8, 2019

Yo did I do this right?#Shoegate pic.twitter.com/cW2axIecQQ

— Greig White (@schnozzman) January 8, 2019

"Steven Marshall reinvents himself with some snazzy new sneakers"#shoegate #newsadl #photoshop @marshall_steven https://t.co/S4X7PMdiDC pic.twitter.com/5SxWasRK2z

— Adelaide Mail (@AdelaideMail) January 9, 2019

It gets even stranger when you zoom in.#shoegate #IShoppedThese pic.twitter.com/xqv7kjXiML

— Pup Fiction (@jjjove) January 8, 2019