Tom Cruise and Dr. Drew are feuding over Drew's views on Scientology.

Drew Pinsky asked in a Playboy interview why Cruise would be drawn to "a cultish kind of environment like Scientology."

He said it's a symptom of "a very deep emptiness and suggests serious neglect in childhood" and "maybe some abuse."

Cruise's lawyer shot back a response to what he called "this unqualified television performer." Bert Fields tells the New York Post that Pinsky is "so grotesquely unprofessional as to pretend to diagnose Tom and others without ever meeting them."

He said: "The last time we heard garbage like this was from Joseph Goebbels."

The Web site TMZ.com reported that Pinsky released a statement Thursday: "Dr. Drew meant no harm to Mr. Cruise and apologizes if his comments were hurtful."