 Casablanca Records commissioned a music video to be directed by Jake Nava , who previously worked in the same year with Britney Spears on her music video for " My Prerogative " ( 2004 ) . The music video for " Rumors " premiered on October 14 , 2004 and October 20 , 2004 through Disney Channel and MTV . In the beginning of the video , Lohan is followed by paparazzi as she is entering her car . It is revealed that this is a Lindsay @-@ look @-@ alike , and that the real Lohan is entering another car to go to a club . The car comes to a stop , and she then steps into an elevator and sings the first verse of the song , while she is filmed by a CCTV camera in the elevator . The next sequence shows her running through a hallway , dressed up , before getting into the club . There , she dances in the crowd , where she takes a picture of one of the paparazzi herself to get back at him . In the next sequence , she is walking slowly through the club where she finds the man who seems to be her boyfriend . She takes a seat next to her lover and they begin kissing and touching each other , all the while being constantly filmed by cameras in the club . While Lohan sings the second chorus , she is trapped in a cage in the middle of the club and the whole crowd is watching her . After this Lohan is shown dancing in the club with her friends . At the end of the music video Lohan and her friends enter the top of a high @-@ rise and perform a dance routine while helicopters are circling around them . Finally Lohan gets into a helicopter and escapes . In the end , she throws her camera away with all the pictures taken of her . 
