Alec Baldwin Keeps His Foot In His Mouth

Alec Baldwin's mouth continues to get him into trouble. For the last few days, the volatile "30 Rock" actor has been trading barbs with Greg Garcia, the creator of "My Name Is Earl." It all started with the New Yorker's epic profile of Baldwin. In the piece, he discussed what he deemed NBC's failure to promote the terrific Tina Fey-helmed sitcom and claimed the network has "gone out of their way to wring the last drops out of 'My Name Is Earl' and 'Scrubs.' Those shows are done! They're cooked! Yet they do a one-hour episode of 'Earl.'"

That didn't sit well with Garcia, who told Defamer.com that Baldwin "sounds like a psychotic narcissist" and pointed out that the reason why NBC "occasionally puts on an hour-long episode of 'Earl' is because an hour of 'Earl' gets better ratings than an 'Earl' followed by a '30 Rock.' It's called math, stupid." Over to you, Alec: "My apologies to the cast and crews of 'My Name Is Earl' and 'Scrubs,'" he wrote on the Huffington Post. "In my frustration with NBC's reprehensible promotion of '30 Rock,' I took an unfortunate swipe at both of those shows and that was not cool." 

Unable to leave it there, Baldwin adds, "But, for Earl's creator, Greg Garcia, who referred to me as a 'psychotic,' I have only one question. Why are you Scientologists always rendering these medical opinions you aren't qualified to give?" 
Small problem with that argument: While "Earl" stars Jason Lee and Ethan Suplee are L. Ron Hubbard boosters, Garcia is not."Alec, I can't tell you how happy I am to once again point out that you are an idiot," he responds to Gawker.com. "I'm unable to answer your question about Scientologists because, although I respect anyone's right to their own beliefs, I am not currently, nor have I ever been, a Scientologist."

Garcia then suggests that Baldwin's future salvos might include tossing out "something witty about me creating the show 'Yes, Dear' or just simply a joke about the fact that I'm bald. Both true. As far as you being psychotic, anyone who thinks NBC wouldn't do everything they could to promote a great show like '30 Rock,' which they own, over a show like 'My Name is Earl,' which they don't, is a tad nutty." 
Baldwin has yet to fire back.