The idea of Lamar Odom doing N.O.R.E. and DJ Effen's podcast Drink Champs seemed fraught from the get-go.

Odom is an addict and on Drink Champs everyone drinks ... a lot.

Lamar was a few shots and few drinks in when things started going left.

"I feel disrespected man.  This whole situation," a bothered and tipsy Odom said.  "I don't want to make it a beef but put your shoes on my feet ... Like I f*ck with you. This whole angle on all that on this interview went like crazy ... Maybe I didn't know what I was signing up for."

It was assumed that Lamar was angry about repeated Khloe Kardashian question.  It turns out it was all a big misunderstanding having nothing to do with that.

"I kept bringing up the fact that he has a ring, but I did not know that he actually lost his rings," N.O.R.E. explained to Page Six. "So in retrospect, he might’ve thought I was joking or making fun of him. So, he basically lost his rings, which he thought was public knowledge, but I didn’t know. He thought that I was clowning him so he was upset with that. And I made it known that I wasn’t aware."

During a low point, Odom had pawned the two championship rings he won with the Lakers in 09 and 10.

Here's the whole interview: