Olympics Minister's Bell-Ringing Is Off the Handle [VIDEO]

Britain's Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt got a little too excited about the Olympics Friday morning.

During a celebration for tonight's opening ceremony, the Olympics minister over-enthusiastically rang a bell. The brass end flew off its handle and into a crowd of bystanders on the deck of the Second World War cruiser.

According to London Evening Standard, no one was harmed -- though Hunt looks clearly horrified in the video.