 " Rumors " achieved moderate commercial success worldwide , reaching top thirty positions in Australia , Austria , Germany and Switzerland . In the United States , the song peaked at number six on Billboard 's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles , but was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) for shipping over 500 @,@ 000 units of the single . The music video directed by Jake Nava featured Lohan attending a club , playing around with the paparazzi . The video was nominated for Best Pop Video at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards and reached the top position on MTV 's Total Request Live . In 2014 Billboard ranked the song in its " Top 50 Forgotten Gems From the Now ! Series " , which list songs from the series that were underrated at the time of their release . 
