Prime Minister Scott Morrison has responded to an embarrassing Photoshop fail of what should’ve been the perfect family portrait.

In a photo with his wife and two daughters, featured on the PM’s official website, Mr Morrison’s feet have stolen the show, with a simple flaw to blame.

The Photoshop fail has been dubbed #shoegate after the nation’s leader can be seen with two left feet and a pair of sparkling white shoes.

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

#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

A spokesperson for the PM says Mr Morrison didn’t request or authorise the edit and that the image was “doctored by the department”.

But the PM took to Twitter to respond, saying “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

— Scott Morrison (@ScottMorrisonMP) January 8, 2019

The portrait on the Prime Minister’s website has since been restored to the original image.