It's war!

Dr. Drew Pinsky is out running his mouth about Tom Cruise. Dr. Drew had this to say to Playboy:

A lot of people in the public eye who behave strangely have mental illness we can learn from, and much of it is based on childhood trauma, without a doubt. Take a guy like Tom Cruise. Why would somebody be drawn into a cultish kind of environment like Scientology? To me, that's a function of a very deep emptiness and suggests serious neglect in childhood - maybe some abuse, but mostly neglect.

In response, Tom issued a statement through his lawyer, calling Pinsky an "unqualified television performer who is obviously just looking for notoriety," adding, "The last time we heard garbage like this was from Joseph Goebbels." (Goebbels was a Nazi propagandist.)

Ugh. While there's certainly no basis for calling Dr. Drew a Nazi, I feel like Drew crossed a line talking crap about Tom like that. I'm developing less and less respect for Dr. Drew daily. I've already spoken at length about how much BS I feel like Celebrity Rehab is. Sure, it makes great TV, but it's not at all healthy for the participants, IMHO -- and for Dr. Drew, a certified "addictionologist," to play such an active role in it pisses me off. And for a professional to be speaking out so bluntly about someone he's never actually treated is, well, really unprofessional. It's one thing for me to sit here from my couch, in my pajamas, spouting off my opinions, because everyone knows I have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about. Dr. Drew brings actual credentials to the table, and as such he needs to watch his mouth. I'd be pissed off, too, if I were Tom. I don't agree with the Goebbels comparison, but I agree with everything else about his statement.

The Evil Beet
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