Dr. Drew Tells Playboy that Tom Cruise was Neglected Child
Dr. Drew Pinsky of Celebrity Rehab did an interview that will appear in the July issue of Playboy magazine. Pinsky was asked by the interviewer how people become ’screwed up’ adults. The learned doctor suggested that child abuse is often the cause and proceeded to use a well known star as an example.
Pinsky cited Tom Cruise as an example of someone who suffers from adult mental illness. He was quoted as saying:
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. If you feel completely empty and suddenly you find a family that fills you in a deep and spiritual way, you will go in that direction. His taking that narrow base of expertise and using it to influence so many people is a dangerous combination, but he is just gratifying his emptiness.”
As one might imagine, Tom Cruise’s lawyer Bert Fields jumped all over the statements that were made by Pinsky. He issued the following statement on behalf of his client Cruise:
No competent professional would ever pretend to diagnose anyone he’s never met. Pinsky’s opinions are ridiculous. He’s out to use names of celebrities to attract attention to his television show. He should be ashamed of himself.”
Now Dr. Drew has issued his own statement through a representative claiming that he is sorry if his comments were hurtful.
What is it with these TV doc’s? We’ve seen Dr. Drew and Dr. Phil stooping to inappropriate and self serving behavior. Not good for your credibility guys.
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It’s a big assumption that Dr. Pinsky made his comments about Cruise purely for “self serving” reasons, as your article suggests. Having been involved in hundreds of interview situations myself, I’m pretty sure that the interviewer will have initiated the discussion about celebrity behavior, or at least a related topic that lead to the discussion. Once the topic is broached, Cruise is an obvious example to use as he does little to hide his bizarre behavior from public eyes. Criticism of Pinsky’s “inappropriate” comment is purely a sycophantic move on your behalf.
He was using Tom Cruise as an example. Yes its logical if you really think about it. Toms ego is dependant on some sort of self fulfilment that others may deem weird.
He needs a crutch that many others don’t care about. I don’t blame his childhood entirely he’s a very confident individual. He has other issues he can’t deal with one being his dyslexia another his fame. He needs constant affirmation that he is this awesome person the top of his game and has the pretty little young wife on the arm as a trophy. All signs of deep insecurity that Im afraid Scientology will not remedy for him but will rather fuel his ills. His childhood was not unlike many other perfectly sane and ordinary people. His inabilities and fears are the factor he has never really truthfully confronted. I doubt he knows himself very well or has had a good look at what makes him who he is and who the public now think he is.