 At the time of the video 's release , several critics took notice of the similarities in Eminem 's attire and Carey 's stalker . Nick Levine from Digital Spy wrote : " It isn 't quite as ridiculous as we were hoping , and Mariah 's insisting the male stalker she plays isn 't meant to be a ' specific person ' , but there 's still plenty to enjoy in the ' Obsessed ' video . There is a lot of MC cleavage , a not entirely convincing fake beard and a neat Mean Girls reference towards the end . " Newsday 's Corris Little described it as " genius ! " and continued , " Move over Eminem , I 'm officially obsessed with Mariah Carey . Who isn 't ? She can sing , she 's pretty and she has really fun music videos . " A writer from the Evening Standard called the video " shocking " , and felt that Carey 's disguise was so convincing , she should assume the role more often if she wants to travel incognito . The New York Post 's Jarett Wieselman described it as " human butterfly embrac [ ing ] her macho side " , and concluded his review with " I 'm guessing the video involves Mariah 's butch bellhop becoming a little infatuated with the singer , or something . Basically it 's another way to give her double the screentime – much like that Mariah @-@ on @-@ Mariah fight in ' Heartbreaker ' ! " New York Daily News writer Chris Baud joked about Eminem going one step further , writing : " It 's great that Mariah seems to be having fun with this whole ' Miminem ' thing , but we 're afraid of the conflict going any further , because no one wants to see the next step : Eminem in drag . " Jennifer Armstrong from Entertainment Weekly complimented Carey for " going after " Eminem , and concluded " I like Mariah with a sense of humor , and I love the idea of her turning the tables on the king of celebrity @-@ mocking videos . " 
