 The song 's music video was directed by Brett Ratner , who had previously worked with Carey on six other music videos , and was shot from June 28 to 29 , 2009 . Throughout the video , Carey plays herself and a male stalker , dressed as both a bellhop and a man wearing a gray hoodie and sweatpants . Two videos were shot for " Obsessed " , one for the original version , and one for the remixed version , which features Gucci Mane . The video was shot predominantly at the Plaza Hotel , and on the streets of New York City . After several photographs of Carey dressed as the stalker were leaked , critics and bloggers immediately compared Carey 's costume to Eminem 's usual attire , and many wrote that aside from the goatee , the pair looked alike . Carey tweeted " I am not at any point in the video playing a specific person . I 'm dressed as a ' stalker ' in 3 different ensembles . " Carey also revealed that the music video would reference several of her favorite films , such as Mean Girls ( 2004 ) , with the line " Why are you so obsessed with me ? " , as well as The Devil Wears Prada ( 2006 ) . 
