--- title: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Photoshops Shoes description: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is being called out for photoshopping his shoes, in what some are now calling #shoegate. canonical: https://time.com/5497969/australian-prime-minister-scott-morrison-photoshop-shoes/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-09T16:30:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:49.551Z og:title: Australian Prime Minister Gets Called Out for Photoshop Fail og:description: He's having fun with it too og:url: https://time.com/5497969/australian-prime-minister-scott-morrison-photoshop-shoes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62d8f6d079b08147/698942f1457a52291ed60463/australian-prime-minister-shoes-photoshopped.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Australia Announces It Will Recognise West Jerusalem As Capital Of Israel og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Australian Prime Minister Gets Called Out for Photoshop Fail twitter:description: He's having fun with it too twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62d8f6d079b08147/698942f1457a52291ed60463/australian-prime-minister-shoes-photoshopped.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Australian Prime Minister Gets Roasted for Major 'Shoegate' Photoshop Fail  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 9, 2019 4:30 PM UTC  SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces that Australia will recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel during a speech at the Australian Institute on December 15, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. The Australian government will recognize West Jerusalem as the capital and East Jerusalem as the Capital as Palestine after a settlement has been reached on a two-state solution but will not move the Australian Embassy from Tel Aviv until that time. (Photo by Mick Tsikas-Pool/Getty Images) SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces that Australia will recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel during a speech at the Australian Institute on December 15, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. The Australian government will recognize West Jerusalem as the capital and East Jerusalem as the Capital as Palestine after a settlement has been reached on a two-state solution but will not move the Australian Embassy from Tel Aviv until that time. (Photo by Mick Tsikas-Pool/Getty Images)Pool—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 9, 2019 4:30 PM UTC [Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison](http://time.com/5377190/why-australia-changes-prime-ministers/) is the center of an odd Internet conversation thanks to two left feet. Morrison went viral after a wholesome photo of him with his wife and kids on the official government site was called out on Twitter for having two clean white sneakers meant for his left foot, an [obvious Photoshop fail](http://time.com/19938/target-photoshop-fail-thigh-gap/). The incident captured the attention of the Internet, which wasted no time in creating the hashtag, [#shoegate](https://twitter.com/hashtag/shoegate?src=hash), and making plenty of footwear jokes at the prime minister’s expense. Morrison, for his part, seemed to take it in stride and good humor, cracking a joke about it himself via his Twitter account where he posted a photo of himself wearing a pair of K Swiss sneakers that had seen better days along with a caption that asked his department that “if you must Photoshop, please focus on the hair (lack thereof), not the feet.” See the Photoshop fail and Morrison’s response below. > [](https://twitter.com/lukerhn/status/1082550256447893505) > [](https://twitter.com/ScottMorrisonMP/status/1082744537733201920) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5497969/australian-prime-minister-scott-morrison-photoshop-shoes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5497969/australian-prime-minister-scott-morrison-photoshop-shoes/"},"headline":"The Australian Prime Minister Gets Roasted for Major 'Shoegate' Photoshop Fail","datePublished":"2019-01-09T16:30:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:49.551Z","description":"Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is being called out for photoshopping his shoes, in what some are now calling #shoegate.","url":"https://time.com/5497969/australian-prime-minister-scott-morrison-photoshop-shoes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62d8f6d079b08147/698942f1457a52291ed60463/australian-prime-minister-shoes-photoshopped.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62d8f6d079b08147/698942f1457a52291ed60463/australian-prime-minister-shoes-photoshopped.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Australia Announces It Will Recognise West Jerusalem As Capital Of Israel","caption":"Australia Announces It Will Recognise West Jerusalem As Capital Of Israel","creditText":"Pool—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5497969/australian-prime-minister-scott-morrison-photoshop-shoes/","name":"The Australian Prime Minister Gets Roasted for Major 'Shoegate' Photoshop Fail"}}]}] ```