Hmmm… conspiracy:

Oprah Winfrey … ACTUALLY SPOKE TO US LAST NIGHT!!!!!

It was AWESOME … her Royal O-ness was leaving Drai’s at The W Hotel in L.A. … surrounded by paps … when our guy Kris took charge and asked about a controversial topic — her interview with Whitney Houston’s daughter.

Oprah came under fire for letting the Houston family off the hook … especially when Whitney’s sister-in-law suggested the singer was murdered.

But O told us, “I think it went really well … I think people really responded and I think the whole country now got to see how [Bobbi Kristina] feels and what shes going through.”

Oprah says she was SHOCKED people criticized the interview … but explains why she won’t let it bother her.

Also … we asked Oprah about the best way to dump a significant other … and she had a GREAT answer.

All hail O.

Turn the page to see Patricia Houston hinting that she believed Whitney Houston was murdered.