Step aside, Brooke Shields and Matt Lauer Tom Cruise has a new celebrity to argue matters of mental health with.

Cruise's lawyer, Bert Fields, and Dr. Drew Pinsky of "Celebrity Rehab" are embroiled in a war of words over a remark Pinsky made in an interview with Playboy magazine, people.com reports.

In the interview, Pinsky speculated that "neglect" during his childhood may have led Cruise to join the Church of Scientology. Fields called Pinsky a "posturing flake" who "pretends to diagnose people he's never met," people.com reports.

Pinsky's rep countered that "under no circumstances is Dr. Drew making a blanket diagnosis about Scientology nor Mr. Cruise, whom he does not know. Dr. Drew was simply using Mr. Cruise as an example of someone who is recognizable to help the public understand."

But Pinsky also apologized to Cruise, again through his publicist: "Dr. Drew meant no harm to Mr. Cruise and apologizes if his comments were hurtful."