Brokenhearted Justin Long has dropped out of his next upcoming movie because he can’t deal with being around ex-girlfriend Drew Barrymore. Justin pulled out of the film female roller derby Whip It, which Drew is directing. And starts filming on Monday. The news just came out today, though it’s possible he withdrew earlier. But if not, Drew’s going to be doing quite the last minute scrambling.

Drew Barrymore apparently whipped him good.

A source tells E! News that Justin Long, who remains “distraught” over being dumped by the Charlie’s Angels star, has dropped out of the roller derby comedy “Whip It!” which marks Barrymore’s feature directorial debut.

“He couldn’t stand working with her and not being with her,” the Long insider says. “He’s too upset.”

Adds our source: “She dumped him. She was hot and cold. One minute she was in love with him and the next she wanted to break up with him.

“He is so distraught over the split that he dropped out of the movie.”

[From E! News]

Poor Justin. I truly feel badly for him, and I can understand not being able to work with someone that broke your heart. Especially less than a month later. I think I’d need quite a while before I could be okay being around that person. After spending a year of your life with someone, feelings don’t generally go away in three weeks time.

There was a lot of speculation about who broke up with who, and some blogs reported that Justin broke up with Drew because she was drinking too much. E! makes it sound like it was definitely Drew who did the dumping, but no matter who ended it, it makes sense that they both need some time and space to get over it.

Here’s Drew Barrymore and Justin Long at STK on April 11th. Images thanks to Fame.