Scott Morrison Is Getting Brutally Roasted For This Bizarre Photoshop On His Website
Your tax dollars hard at work.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is getting torn to shreds online over a bizarre photo on his official website that has been (badly) doctored to give him different shoes.
Twitter user Luke Martin first pointed out the crappy photoshop job, posting before and after pics to his social media.
#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
— Luke (@lukerhn) January 8, 2019
Dug some more, found the OG dirty shoes in a Fiji Times article… LOL #shoegate #auspol https://t.co/DW3FgsJE7f pic.twitter.com/V4RUeGlaed
— Luke (@lukerhn) January 8, 2019
Why anyone felt the need to alter the image isn’t really clear. It’s also not clear why they decided to give Morrison two left feet, although maybe it’s a metaphor.
He has been photoshopped with two left feet… don’t tell me that was not done on purpose.
— Fringe Dweller (@cairnstownie) January 8, 2019
The original, unedited image was subsequently restored to the pm.gov.au website… but by then it was too late.
In what universe has this decision been made? How has it come to be that someone has been tasked with photoshopping clean shoes on Scott Morrison? I want a royal commission https://t.co/Vdo16InktO
— Rudi (@RudiEdsall) January 8, 2019
The shoes are real, they just photoshop in whoever is currently prime minister.
— Happy On Year (@jonkudelka) January 8, 2019
“Hi, I’m Scott Morrison. You don’t like any of my policies, my ministry sucks, I refuse to create jobs for your children and I’m not interested in climate action because I’m, like, already tight with god. Vote for me because THEY PHOTOSHOPPED COOLER SHOES ON MY FEET, YO.”#auspol https://t.co/Ul8GR4WA8k
— Van Badham (@vanbadham) January 8, 2019
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— j.r. hennessy (@jrhennessy) January 8, 2019
Spotted in the Prime Minister’s Office#shoegate pic.twitter.com/I1rTUPxKxs
— Pup Fiction (@jjjove) January 8, 2019
It’s ok to be white (shoes)
— E P Conrad (@altimetr) January 8, 2019
A spokesperson for Morrison said that the image “was doctored by the department of PM&C (Prime Minister and Cabinet) without the knowledge of, or authorisation by, the PM or the PM’s office”.
So… you might say… Scotty Doesn’t Know?
The spokesperson also clarified that Morrison “likes his own shoes”.