I watched the documentary. My heart broke when at Johnny Cash's tribute, nothing was mentioned about Vivian. She sat in the audience listening to people share their fond memories of Johnny and his devotion to June. At that moment, Vivian was a mere audience member. How does one get erased from history? This is how.

@janawright1715

11 ай бұрын

Her Son-in-law actually dedicated a song to her, mentioning her and that part was cut from the program. It was so very sad and heartbreaking. Shame on those producers/directors.

@RONJAE212003

8 ай бұрын

The same way we’ve always gotten erased honey

@cathycarlson12

8 ай бұрын

I was sick when I saw that special. Viv was a wonderful woman and mother how dare them glorify June.

@brahmabkitty03

8 ай бұрын

@@RONJAE212003exactly! They will never understand how it feels to see plantations as tourists attractions

@JelaniandKelileCast

3 ай бұрын

And even in this interview they were claiming that she was Italian. People knew she was part black. I'm glad that the truth came out this year in the Gates interview

Good for them reclaiming their grandmother’s legacy.

@adelinas.7335

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a good way of putting it.

@superamanda

2 жыл бұрын

Vivian Liberto Cash Distin Was one of the most amazing examples of matriarchal America. There was a whole era of women that raised families and we’re homemakers and active in their churches who were so powerful and it’s just an iconography that no longer exists. Especially Sicilian Italian matriarchs it’s a very unique part of 20th century history you don’t hear much about. She’s the personification of a Sicilian American. Just amazing

@QueenBthatsMe777

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

The fact she was totally ignored at his tribute show, and the song dedicated to her cut out of the broadcast? I’m floored.

@Iyona96

Ай бұрын

Because they knew she was black ☕️🫖……

There’s always so much to a woman’s story, especially the first wife of a man. So heart-breaking 💔 So glad her story is told and remembered by her family.❤️

I always despised the fact they could make a movie about the love affair of Johnny Cash and June with absolutely no regard for the first wife. My heart broke for her while watching the movie and I held so much disdain for Johnny and June for the fact they could do that to her. The world was so obsessed with Johnny and June as a couple and I found it morally repulsive. It was sooo sad.

@Tawadeb

3 ай бұрын

Agree. Glorifying adultery.

Finally!!! Someone giving this woman the credit she deserves

@susanwallace2258

2 жыл бұрын

You are sooo right!!! She was maligned in the movie, and the actress looked nothing like her either.

@muffassa6739

2 жыл бұрын

That movie was stupid I didn't like it

@mrs8792

10 ай бұрын

No kidding. Walk the line made her look like a dark character, when she was the exact opposite.

I remember her from the movie and it was a brutal betrayal when actually Johnny was the messed up one in that relationship. She was very beautiful. Good for you defending your mom ❤️

@AlohaLowah

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! That always always always bothered me in that movie.

@hellobecky84

2 жыл бұрын

Vivian was his grandmother*

@shirleypena4133

2 жыл бұрын

@@hellobecky84 He has his grandmother's nose and eyes.

@hellobecky84

2 жыл бұрын

@@shirleypena4133 yep, I can totally see the resemblance

@bonkersmcgee4356

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure what movie you were watching, but he was clearly portrayed as the one who messed up the marriage - putting work before family, drug use, cheating. The movie was based on his autobiography, and both the book and the movie were very clear about these things.

She's a beautiful woman and I've never heard about her. It's good they did this to get the truth out there. I cant imagine how hard that relationship was on her. Sadness, loneliness, and despair probably.

@gregwilliam4852

3 жыл бұрын

You are right

@gregwilliam4852

3 жыл бұрын

How are you doing beautiful

@harleyhendrix8467

3 жыл бұрын

So you didn't see the movie? Walk the line?

@connielore2735

2 жыл бұрын

@@harleyhendrix8467 yes the lies they told🤷 lmoa

@werenotfinishedyet2547

2 жыл бұрын

Please 🙄 Our Grandparents were still Sharecropping while this Princess.. Poor her.

I love this. I loved Johnny Cash's music, but never respected him as a man. You can't preach the word of God and do this to your wife. Vivienne was breathtaking and obviously a true lady.

@LB-eh5fz

11 ай бұрын

RIDICULOUS,,,,OJ SIMPSON WAS LOVED BY SO MANY ,VERY HANDSOME MAN,,,BUT THAT DIDNT MAKE HIM A GOOD MAN,,,HE IS A MURDERER ,,TO LOOK AT SOMEONE YOU DONT KNOW AND SAY OHH THATS OBVIOUSLY A TRUE LADY ,,I READ ONE DAUGHTER WASNT JOHNNYS MAYBE THAT CAUSED THE DIVORCE,,,,🙄🤔

@ronschaffer5959

10 ай бұрын

You're a hypocrtite. Why don't you tell the world about the skeletons in your closet.

@trishkuhne550

9 ай бұрын

I agree. June (twice married before cash)was an adulterer as well as Cash. They put that beautiful, classy lady through pure hell

@standfirm658

2 ай бұрын

he probably never had that relationship with God or he would not treated vivian like he did and the kids!! people can preach the Word but not really mean in in their hearts.. it was all a game to him and june.. she knew he was a married man with kids and she didnt care. from what i heard vivian said she told her i am going to get your husband and she did. quite sad what she did to vivian the both of them

@RobK32

21 күн бұрын

Like all the priests that molested kids. Some of the worst people in the world say they have god on their side

Vivian was a beautiful person inside and outside. God bless her family.

@teresapren3266

2 ай бұрын

4 Beautiful girls ,loved listening to all of them.beautiful memories...

Even a blind man could see that Vivian had black ancestry you could even see it in her grandson with the blue shirt . I think later it was proven that Vivian’s mother had black ancestry. It’s possible her own mother may have “passed” herself as white. Vivian deserves for her story to be told on the big screen.

@hero4life313

5 ай бұрын

Facts super black

@derricklane3100

2 ай бұрын

I agree the daughter was on finder your roots and behold bcz of her mother she has DNA ties to Angela Basset. That was during a time when mixed or light skinned black people would pass as something other than what you really were sadly. it would be nice if her story was told

@r.nicole378

2 ай бұрын

Another black person can recognize another black person. This “Italian” crap, come on now. The grandson’s black features are easily seen

@Iyona96

Ай бұрын

I agree 1000%.

@delgadojonesable

Ай бұрын

Italian 😂😂😂 noooo❤❤

Vivian was so stunning and held herself with such class thank you for showing us her💕

@claudetteholloway1126

Ай бұрын

Such a gorgeous black and Italian woman...

She was Italian and black. Don’t get it twisted. This was denial at the time from her POV, all in concerns for their kids safety, cash and then hers, for obvious reasons due to racial tensions. She sacrificed a lot.

@lauramorgan2928

3 жыл бұрын

Her black genes are very strong! We as black folk knows a black person when we see one!

@bernicerogersbooker6333

3 жыл бұрын

@@lauramorgan2928 Why is it so hard to think that Johnny Cash was In love with a black woman, white man been sleeping with black women every since America was And They justified it by saying you couldn’t merry her Some white males actually sent her up north so she would be safe with his white children

@meganm.4291

3 жыл бұрын

She was not black if she didn’t claim it. Stop claiming people who don’t want to be claimed by blacks. Vivian lived until 2005 so had ample time to tell the world and her grandkids what race she is.

@bernicerogersbooker6333

3 жыл бұрын

@@meganm.4291 It’s not that she didn’t claim it the benefits all went to White and she wanted the benefit that went to whits

@donnag7908

3 жыл бұрын

@@meganm.4291 Not necessarily. People denied being Black all the time. It's called racial passing. They would move where no one would know them and completely break ties with their family. People did it because there were benefits to being White. Keep in mind, it could be very dangerous for the Black person if someone found out they were passing. Also, it's possible Vivian didn't know. At any rate, it's sad. She was a beautiful woman.

It's never too late to give a person their flowers Thank you so much for this documentary I cried so much what a strong courageous woman

She was breathtaking. R.I.P Vivian

My God, Vivian is STUNNING!

That's a mixed race black woman. I come from a mixed race family I know a biracial black woman when I see one. Maybe the pressure of it all caused the marriage to fail and for him to choose a white woman. Which would explain why she is shown in such a negative light and June shown to be an angel although she was Sleeping with a married man.

@tonyapendleton7467

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely I don't see that her race was' misperceived' and that she looked dark in certain pictures. I see a Black woman, period and it sounds like maybe someone in that era wasn't telling the truth.

@godfirst7770

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonyapendleton7467 I agree

@virginiaroberts4880

3 жыл бұрын

yes carter slept with a married man. it was wrong because vivian loved him!!!!

@_Napoletano_

3 жыл бұрын

You've never been to southern Italy then. My grandfather could have passed as biracial or latino. The man had a fro in the 70s. Just search "iron eyes cody". He was a sicilian who posed as a native American. There are a wide range of skin complications in Italy and in the Mediterranean surrounding countries.

@reecee2941

3 жыл бұрын

@@_Napoletano_ Roseanne Cash had DNA testing done on a TV program which confirmed Vivian was in fact mixed race. So this is not solely a woman of darker pigmented Italian ancestry.

As much as I love Johnny Cash, he did her so wrong. Happy that her grandchildren are telling her story. She was an absolutely stunning woman

@donnaleeclubb119

2 жыл бұрын

How did he do her wrong? He was an addict. He had a disease. That makes you act in a way you normally wouldn't. He fell out of love with her. She wanted him at all costs. He wanted June Carter at all costs and June wanted Johnny at all costs. It is best they part and Vivian find someone else that will love her. I am sure Johnny Cash did not abandon her financially.

@haitiansouljadex3186

2 жыл бұрын

@@donnaleeclubb119 june and cash always portrayed as the couples goals while in reality they both horrible. i heard that cash used to chet on her good for her maybe that's karma. vivian deserve better

@mlynettepinky595

2 жыл бұрын

@@donnaleeclubb119 Did you watch the movie, he cheated and made it seem like he did nothing wrong.

@nottoomuch87

2 жыл бұрын

@@haitiansouljadex3186 They are portrayed that way because many people believe that if June hadn't come along, he would have died. He has credited her with saving his life and being the one person responsible for him being alive as long as he was. His band mate said she was the hero in any story you write about Johnny Cash. It's not celebrated for the adultery, but the fact that she was a positive influence. We know what they did was wrong, but it doesn't change the fact that she helped him fight his demons, addictions, and led him back to God throughout their marriage.

@zechariahcameron3645

2 жыл бұрын

@@donnaleeclubb119 she supported Johnny and was never jealous of his success. Then, he decided to go after a childhood crush. I lost a lot of respect for him.

I read the book "I walked the line" My life with Johnny Cash...and felt nothing but sympathy for Vivian she was done wrong and endured so much living with and without Johnny. I was not happy to read how June went after Johnny knowing he was married...nor how Johnny abandoned his family. I have much respect for Vivian and my heart broke for her having to endure so much heartache. Their kids had to have suffered too.

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

It was Johnny that pursued June, not the other way around. He kept at it until he succeeded.

@MsCNail-fe1sj

2 жыл бұрын

@@sergeantmasson3669 Well I disagree. Yes, he went after her as well...but she pursued him intentionally knowing he was a married man...and did not care how Vivian or the girl's felt. And she did not get him off drugs...she became a drug addict too.

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

@@MsCNail-fe1sj Allegations, lacking proof, are invalid.

@thepamela050

2 жыл бұрын

@@MsCNail-fe1sj yet you have no proof to support your claim..The movie certainly doesn't show that June went after Johnny..She herself was married at the time..

@MsCNail-fe1sj

2 жыл бұрын

@@thepamela050 Proof was I read Vivian's book and she asked June to back off...and June did not. OK?

I actually don’t think Vivian was portrayed badly in Walk the Line … I felt an extraordinary amount of sympathy for her in the film. Also in the actual photos she’s very beautiful.

@zechariahcameron3645

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think that she was portrayed badly either. I just was mad at how Johnny treated her.

@raquelb731

Жыл бұрын

She was mad at his career and always had something to say in that movie. She also told him not to talk about his tours or work when he came home as if he had no one to talk to. She looked down on him at times and I agree with her when she told June to stay away from her children

Vivian is Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!

Vivian was stunningly beautiful! A very strong woman who suffered pain n heartbreak!

I'm so happy to see that these men made a point to set the story straight!

She was an honorable woman. She did what real women and men do she walked as a woman of decency, courage and maturity.

It was a lovely documentary. She was a beautiful woman who got the raw end of the deal.

Loosing a husband is already hard and its embarrassing to deal with that under the spotlight for everyone to see. Vivian suffered a lot but overcame it. Whether or not Walk the Line was accurate, Ginnifer did a profound job of playing the wife who was doing her best to hold her family together, and had every right to hold her husband accountable for his (at best) detached behaviour.

I never saw Vivian as an awful person in “Walk the Line.” It was evident what was happening to her within the marriage was not on her, but the tornado of John’s rising popularity, drug addiction and growing affection for June. Especially when one listens to the director’s cut version of “Walk the Line,” they understand that both John and June know they are in the wrong when they begin the affair. The director also talks about John’s love for Vivian and highlights the Elvis performance of the song John wrote for Vivian. He emphasizes John’s selfishness and callousness to Vivian by treating her as though she was nothing at the awards show - pursuing June and displaying public jealousy over her recent marriage to that one race car driver dude

@raquelb731

Жыл бұрын

They made her look like she wasn’t supporting his career and silence him about his job when he was home. Also never having time for him because of the kids. It’s free on KZread right now.

@raquelb731

Жыл бұрын

Vivs second husband was a police officer. Right?

@realmofthesenses

Жыл бұрын

@@raquelb731 check out the documentary about Vivian, it has information like that.

@standfirm658

2 ай бұрын

@@raquelb731 Yes!! im glad she found love again to a man who really loved her and the kids

I was always interested in knowing who she was and how she handled losing her husband to the game .

A recent episode of Finding Your Roots revealed that Vivian and Johnny had Black African American ancestors.

@susandavis6477

2 жыл бұрын

Fairly obvious to see when looking at her . She was a really beautiful woman .

@charlottewalker6490

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought when I looked at her that maybe she was mixed with Black American ancestry.

@muurisoras5878

2 жыл бұрын

It's very obvious she had a black ancestors!

@robyndismon394

2 жыл бұрын

@@muurisoras5878 How is it obvious? I mean that sincerely.

@muurisoras5878

2 жыл бұрын

@@robyndismon394 her looks can tell

I enjoyed the documentary of My Darling Vivian. Walk the Line is still a great film, but this made me look at a different perspective. It also shows a side to June of how insensitive she was towards Vivian, which the film in vice-versa shows her as "the hero" and they were both actually important in Cash's life in different ways. Good for Vivian's daughters that they got to speak the truth against Hollywood's portrayal.

@donnaleeclubb119

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I think both women loved him at different times and he was a different man for both women. One woman he loved and married far too young. The other he married when he matured and fought his demons.

@naturalkinkycurlymarie7496

2 жыл бұрын

@@donnaleeclubb119 That was not far too young especially for back then in those times. She was very mature. *_It was Drugs & Fame that were the problem, not age._*

I think Ginnifer Goodwin is a great actress and I am a fan of most of her work, but clearly, her portrayal of Vivian wasn't accurate in 'Walk the Line'. It wasn't her fault though. The fault lies with the writers.

@susanwallace2258

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe part of the fault was with the casting.

@katemaloney4296

2 жыл бұрын

I doubt Ginnifer went into the film with a preconceived idea of how Vivian really was as a person. Her job was to interpret the script given to her and follow the directions set forth by the production team. She was getting paid to be an ACTRESS, not a historian. 90% of what you see on film is determined by the director because he's the one who calls "CUT!", not the actors. Put your blame somewhere other than Ginnifer and don't make her your personal scapegoat.

@ertfgghhhh

2 жыл бұрын

It is the viewer that villainized vivian-not goodwins portrayal. It is how the VIEWER saw things. When i watched it, i saw her as a strong woman who wanted the best for her family and was betrayed at every turn.

@tori2dles

2 жыл бұрын

I think Goodwin have a sympathetic portrayal of Viv. I never saw her as controlling or at fault in any way, shape or form. She was a casualty of John’s addiction and choices.

@ertfgghhhh

2 жыл бұрын

@@tori2dles i agree.

I remember reading snippets from a book that had the love letters between Johnny and Vivian. I was floored because I didn't even know at the time that he had a wife before June. Then I watched Walk the Line and was disgusted by their portrayal of her and the "romance" between Johnny and June. I've never liked that film and I've had a hard time liking anything to do with Johnny Cash after that. I'm so happy to see her story being told by those who knew and loved her. She was absolutely gorgeous. To stand by her husband even as he disrespected her and broke their marriage vows is a strength I don't know I posses but makes me admire her more. What an amazing woman!

@zechariahcameron3645

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly! I liked the movie, but him falling for June annoyed me. She supported him through everything.

She was absolutely beautiful!

Vivian Liberto was a stunning woman.

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

What MSM did to her was so very wrong. She deserved none of that at all. Vivian had a huge integrity level and never liked being the center of attention.

@mkedmusa9416

2 жыл бұрын

Spanish black or what?

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

@@mkedmusa9416 She was Italian, German, and Irish. No African heritage at all.

@Gabster1990

2 жыл бұрын

She has African ancestry, just not a lot. Louis Gossett did an ancestry test with Vivian's daughter.

@sergeantmasson3669

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gabster1990 FYI, every human has a very tiny bit of African DNA ancestry because the human species originated in Africa. Vivian Liberto heritage is Italian, German, and Irish.

Walk The Line was totally unfair to her! Maybe it’s because John Carter Cash helped on the movie and made his mother look like a savior. In reality - she was a drug addict too. And her family used Johnny Cash’s money to fund their lifestyle. Pretty sick doing that to Vivian and her daughters. A woman of God - as June Carter claimed to be - doesn’t steal another woman’s husband.. period.

@garylowery6216

3 жыл бұрын

Aman!!!LOL....

@pamelakneeland3288

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you are being unfair to June. Johnny cash had many affairs before June. You or I don't know how or when it happened,we were not there. And it's unfair to call June Carter a drug addict. You also wasn't there.

@yorkshireterror8539

3 жыл бұрын

That’s right!

@laurawilloughby4000

3 жыл бұрын

@@pamelakneeland3288 June was awful to Vivian.

@hildataylor4490

3 жыл бұрын

@@pamelakneeland3288 you are right because he slept around alot .👍

I am glad they are speaking up about their grandmother legacy. There are so many hidden untruths.

Vivian was absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!

did she just say Vivian was Italian? lol her daughter just did the show, finding your roots and Vivian is was hiding the fact, that she was of mixed-race heritage, and they also found out her family was related to actress Angela Bassett

@katiel1979

2 жыл бұрын

Her family was from Sicily almost all Mediterranean’s have some African blood it’s not unusual but she was Italian and raised Italian

@katemaloney4296

2 жыл бұрын

Mixed-race? She was part alien?!

@ERGSEG

2 жыл бұрын

That’s not unique. Seems like she was trying to pass.

@rda-gama2567

2 жыл бұрын

Italy is not far from North Africa!

@monica8399

2 жыл бұрын

Vivian is very pretty, but I think her family, her parents and her were passing. She looks black to me. It was more than likely a way for them to navigate the world without prejudice.

Roseanne Cash was always my fav singer so I did know about her mom..Vivian was beautiful and classy!!A Real Lady!!🌹💜

@gregwilliam4852

3 жыл бұрын

Real lady, I like that word

@LazyIRanch

2 жыл бұрын

Roseanne is beautiful like her mom, those gorgeous eyes! I love Roseanne's music too. Too bad her marriage to Rodney Crowell didn't last, what a talented and attractive couple they were.

I love how they didnt even address the question asked about her ethnicity. That woman is black--maybe mixed race w/black but definitely black. Even the grandchild looks like a black man right now and in his younger photo. They are passers.

@RedRiverMan

2 жыл бұрын

i thought the same!

@TrestanSKYWALKR

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah her 23 and Me is probably very interesting. Light skin people with African blood would “pass” to avoid racism back then. When they were her complexion they’d say they were Latin or Italian. You wouldn’t be treated as good as passing for white but it was a lot than the treatment blacks people got…

@superamanda

2 жыл бұрын

You’re so jealous!

@michellehubbard8865

2 жыл бұрын

@@superamanda Jealous of? Just curious.

@Nikki-ci5ze

2 жыл бұрын

@@michellehubbard8865 lol right I read it like wow that took a turn! Didn’t expect that comment

So, after watching this documentary my heart is extremely broken for Vivian. She suffered a heart break that lasted the duration of her life. She didn't deserve the treatment she got. The never ending heartbreak she endured caused her to make a decision that inflicted that same heartbreak on another innocent woman. It seems she lived in a constant state of despair but tried to push it deep, deep down. It just goes to show how destructive a selfish mentality is. I can't say this enough but men need to be held accountable for these types of actions. There is no way that his "love" with June should have been celebrated the way that it was. What a strong woman Vivian truly was. I take great pleasure in knowing she's earned her place in heaven now. Edit: All love stories are not created equally. To celebrate the "love story" of a married man and his MISTRESS is morally repulsive! And the way EVERYONE tried to write Vivian out was absolutely insane. Imagine giving your everything to a man, having his babies, sticking with him through the tough times, trusting him with everything and then one day he stops loving you and starts chasing someone else?? He was so wrapped up in his own happiness that he basically had no part in raising his 4 children that were at home! June taunted Vivian all because she wanted Jhonny to herself. A man SHE KNEW BEFOREHAND WAS MARRIED! Any woman or man defending that type of behavior must have been a mistress themselves and gets zero respect from me. So please, keep those growing apart comments to yourself. When you grow apart and decide not to work on the relationship: GET A DIVORCE!! PREFERABLY before you get involved with someone else. #selfishandselfcentered

@donnaleeclubb119

2 жыл бұрын

Why shouldn't his love for June Carter have been celebrated? They went about it wrong with cheating, but Johnny Cash loved June Carter. Johnny and Vivian's marriage was doomed. He grew apart from her and did not love her anymore. It happens all of the time. She may have loved him until the day she died, but it was not the same for him. He loved June like that. I don't think it had anything to do with her being black or mixed or whatever. He had eyes. Her being dark did not seem to bother him. He still was a young boy who fell in love with her. What happened to them happens to many young couples.

@djackson9984

2 жыл бұрын

@@donnaleeclubb119 I said what I said! My opinion won't changed and I don't argue it either. Have a good day.

@oneroyalbird

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I don't think a relationship born out of infidelity should be celebrated, no matter how strong it is or how hard the relationship was that was left. The fact that society celebrates it shows how morally depraved society is.

@Matthew-cz3gk

2 жыл бұрын

D Jackson Well said 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@Matthew-cz3gk

2 жыл бұрын

@@oneroyalbird amen

I haven’t watched the documentary yet, I just noticed how stunning and beautiful Vivian was

@donnaleeclubb119

2 жыл бұрын

I don't see it. I don't see it in June Carter either. One is salt, the other pepper. LOL. They both are not that good looking IMO.

In Tennessee, owning a shotgun to take care of critters is like keeping milk in your refrigerator for cereal. You need it & use it regularly! Can’t wait to see this documentary

I am always appreciative when corrections are made to a false historical narrative. I enjoy the work of all the actors who played in this movie but it is disappointing that they either didn't take the time to get it right or they purposely made a production based on lies for the sake of drama. Feminism doesn't mean tearing one woman down to build another one up. Glad Vivian's story is being told by people who loved her and knew her well.

@tori2dles

2 жыл бұрын

I thought Viv was a very sympathetic figure in “Walk the Line.” It was all on John and Viv was doing all she could to keep her sanity. I loved Gin Goodwin’s portrayal of her. She was a lovely woman trying to walk through a hurricane named John Cash.

@laurawilloughby4000

Жыл бұрын

Johnny Cash's son was behind the awful portrayal of Vivian.

Sorry, but it wasn't just the picture looking darker; it's the features. The first time I saw her picture I knew she was Black. I just don't get why the interviewer would try to erase that? She was Black and Italian. It's 2021, plenty of people are mixed.

@superamanda

3 жыл бұрын

But she wasn’t. Not on 1/32 black ancestry. And it’s disrespecting her racial narrative to re-classify her as something else after she’s deceased. She was really clearly clear about how she racially identified she was proud to be Sicilian why are you trying to rob her of that? Because you think Johnny Cash is cool? Because there’s plenty of very not cool famous people walking around black ancestry that I don’t see people going nuts for.

@anthonyliner1614

2 жыл бұрын

777

I just finished watching this doc and it was truly sad! I'm very disappointed that Johnny left his family the way he did and had an affair! I wish he never was discovered by Hollywood. I bet if he never moved to Cali - the entire family would've been fine! Just shows that choices DO have consequences! Truly Vivian loved this man so deeply. I'm so grateful that their daughters came forward! Lastly, the Nashville ceremony was garbage! How dare they EXCLUDE HER!!!!!! UGH!!!! anyways! Viviane you made it! Your story was truly heard and I will forever appreciate that!

I’ve always looked down on June. Yes Johnny made the choice to cheat and leave but being a willing other woman to a man with a family is totally heartless. My dad left our family for another woman and it destroyed everyone. They painted his and June’s relationship as a fairy tale and knowing what we went through I knew that was far from the truth. I actually despised June while watching the movie.

@candyjohnson3302

2 жыл бұрын

June is pretty talentless too. Her voice is like nails on a chalk board. She’s no hero.

@julzluvzdollz

2 жыл бұрын

@@candyjohnson3302 truthfully I’ve never paid any mind to her because of my opinion of her. I wasn’t familiar with her until the movie and still didn’t bother to listen to her music with Johnny or anything from her.

@thepamela050

2 жыл бұрын

As if you were there and know them personally...After June died Johnny only lived 4 more months and in his own words she was there for him during his most difficult time of his life while he battled drug addiction..It takes two to tango..In case you missed it Vivian didn't want that type of life, the life of an entertainer..Some times marriages don't work out and Johnny didn't leave Vivian for June..

@barbarakaminski1695

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Mr. Cash was just as responsible. All I remember and read June approached Vivian point blank to her face and told her she was going to take John. Like it or not. That ended for me with both of them.

@Paranormal_Gaming_

2 жыл бұрын

@@candyjohnson3302 Just like you but she was better then you ever will be!!

Differs from the movie version. HOLLYWOOD. tall tales.

I can't wait to see this! I've wanted to know her story since 2005 when Walk the line came out!

I’ll say what I do about all infidelity: when a spouse cheats, that’s who deserves the primary blame and the emotions that go along with it. Does the other man or woman share some blame? Certainly. But for me, I wasn’t married to the woman who chose to sleep with my husband. Yes it was wrong that she knew he was married and had children at home. But I didn’t have a relationship with her so she didn’t betray me. My husband did. He shattered our family and abandoned our 4 children in the process. And in my case he did so the same week I learned I had stage 3 ovarian cancer. The fact she knew I had cancer reflected poorly on her character, but again, she was not my concern. I leave her to karma. That there was another, random woman involved was of little concern to me because she could’ve been anyone. And would have been someone else most likely. The old adage is true - if they’ll cheat with you, they’ll cheat on you.

@frans.8036

2 жыл бұрын

Words of wisdom from a place of knowing. I pray you are well ❤️‍🩹

@kimmckenzie9430

2 жыл бұрын

Bless your heart baby.... I hope you heal and get better.. I hope you come back strong and yes ma'am he will cheat on her as well.

@gigilamoore2656

2 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%.

@misscleo378

2 жыл бұрын

A woman who knowingly engages in an extramarital affair with a married man shares the shame of being an adulterer too. I have never felt any sort of sympathy for June Carter, especially after finding out that Johnny had cheated on her for years. You reap what you sow.

@gigilamoore2656

2 жыл бұрын

@@misscleo378 A single woman sleeping with a married man is a loser and gross but she is not an adulterer.

If you looked at the photo of Johnny and Vivian and thought WOW, she's beautiful. It's not about Ethnicity to you. On the other hand, if the color/hue of Vivian's skin was your first thought... 🤷‍♀️ BTW, we ALL are members of the exact same race. Our problems arise when we get hung up on the Hue in human. ✌🏻✌🏿✌🏼✌

@RioCutie18

2 жыл бұрын

YES! Well said.

I new they was more to the story there is always two sides to a story I want to see this one. Bless you Vivian....

She was also clearly a mixed with black woman but I guess no one want to have that conversation

@Littlething41

2 жыл бұрын

Really strange the way it was jumped over with the Journalist just saying she was Italian. Meanwhile Roseanne Cash was on Finding Their Roots and learned she is related to Angela Bassett............ Dustin looks mixed himself.....a black and white photo can't make a white person look black if their not lol. Photos don't lie. smh The Trailer Photo of Vivian Liberto looks a little like Rosario Dawson.

@mascara1777

2 жыл бұрын

She looks like me and I'm Italian and Black!

@Nikki-ci5ze

2 жыл бұрын

@@Littlething41 I agree totally

@Nikki-ci5ze

2 жыл бұрын

@@mascara1777 exactly she and her grandson (especially the picture of him as a boy) look JUST like my Italian and black cousins). It’s okay all people are important and valued in the sight of God, and the human race is made in the image of God. I wish if everyone knew this they would embrace the beauty of being multicultural

She may have had Italian in her family tree.... but she was black, African American

About time! It is well done! Always had much thought for her.

Now they have to re-make Walk the Line lol

@laurawilloughby4000

3 жыл бұрын

I have loved this movie but knowing this about June has poisoned it a bit for me, sadly. I'm on a quest to help get justice for Vivian. What happened to her is just so wrong; she suffered so much. It's particularly tragic that in the last years of her life she had to worry about her portrayal in Walk the Line (with reason,it turned out). It's hard to understand why the family let it happen. It casts a bad light

@superamanda

3 жыл бұрын

@@laurawilloughby4000 Vivian’s daughters had no choice on that film. It was Johnny Cash‘s son who created the film.

@superamanda

3 жыл бұрын

I hate walk the line but I don’t see what would be worthy of a remake? Are they going to spend a side plot about how people mistakenly thought Vivian was black? That’s not what she would’ve wanted I think she would’ve just liked to of been left out of whatever film they created involving June entirely

@mspinkytee

2 жыл бұрын

@@superamanda no mistake she was black.

@superamanda

2 жыл бұрын

@@mspinkytee No. She wasn’t. Her family is really clear she wasn’t and she was really clear she wasn’t. Let people be who they are. Not what you want them to be to fit some woke one drop agenda.

My Darling Vivian was such a eye opening doc. My heart broke for her. Her look was exotic and beautiful. She really got a bad deal. I now hate the “ walk the line” movie. How dare they!

@standfirm658

2 ай бұрын

hollywood likes to twists alot of things they have no idea the real story so they make it look more realistic

Final thoughts: The day we can accept that our heroes are sometimes the villains. Will be the day, truth and justice become possible. Until then...

@thearough

10 ай бұрын

Huh!?

She was just absolutely beautiful. I'm glad her story is being told and her light is shining.

Roseann's episode on Finding Your Roots and Vivian was of African decent.

@rashad3596

3 жыл бұрын

TRUTH BE TOLD ALL HUMAN RACE ARE FROM AFRICAN DECENT.

@aimjbtnh3

3 жыл бұрын

@@rashad3596 true. But she has very recent African ancestry. You can clearly see it

@rashad3596

3 жыл бұрын

@@aimjbtnh3 absolutely; and she was beautiful as well.

@noname-yt7uf

3 жыл бұрын

I hate how preoccupied Americans are with race... You're obsessed on seperating each other just as much as you were in the 1950s, except signs and fences have now made way for labels and definitions. Black and white America you're so alike with your un healthy relationship and ignorance regarding race. It seems that this is one form of slavery you'll never experience emancipation from. Very sad really.

@ilovelife3328

3 жыл бұрын

No she wasn't. ON that episode, it was determined that she is 96% European. People need to stop using the One Drop Rule in this era. It's actually insulting to us as African Americans as if any percentage of African DNA means that you can't be "pureblooded" European. She was a white woman with some distant African Ancestry like many in the South.

She was stunning 😍 omg

@anthonyliner1614

2 жыл бұрын

777...agape...eros

Him and June did her dirty - and she was STUNNING, drop dead gorgeous !!

I don't think "Walk the Line" makes Vivian look bad. It just showed that Johnny Cash fell hard for June Carter, and when she refused him he turned to drugs. I would be angry if my husband waa interested in another woman. That doesn't make her bad. Also, I think it highlighted Johnny Cash's traumatic childhood and how it echoed through his life. It certainly painted his dad as the bad guy.

@katemaloney4296

2 жыл бұрын

Johnny was doing drugs LOOOOOOOOOONG before he met June. Remember, way back in the 40s and 50s, speed was considered safe and it was given to military personnel to help them pull extra shifts or to help actors lose weight, or help give that extra pep to musicians who literally had to drive overnight, cross-country, from one gig to another and be ready to perform. It really wasn't until the 70s that the side-effects of speed were publicly known.

@suereed3474

2 жыл бұрын

@@katemaloney4296 Yes, but in the film he starts using again and becomes addicted because he falls for June and she refuses him. This video is about the protrayal of Vivien in the movie as being the bad guy. And I am saying, not really.

@theresaterry164

2 жыл бұрын

It is bad to have an affair with a married man, doubly bad when you are also married!

@tori2dles

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I thought Viv was such a sympathetic character who kept trying to keep her family together. She was devoted and really loved John.

This is a very very good interview; well done folks. I certainly would like to see the documentary. So very interesting.

This woman was clearly passing as white and who could blame her for doing so in racist America. I'm sure Johnny knew that she was bi-racial but, back then, if you had one pin drop of black blood you were viewed as 100% black. She is one beautiful woman that's for sure.

@arrynwilliams2842

2 жыл бұрын

She look like a light black person to idk how she was passing as white

@Igbobabexoxo

2 жыл бұрын

GLW Her dad was fully Italian, her mom was German, Irish, and AA lineage. Where are you solely getting “black” from? She wasn’t passing she was a white woman. You can look at her and tell she’s Italian. Why do AA always try to force someone to be black? The one drop “rule” was stupid then as it is stupid now. Opinion has nothing to do with the biology of race. She is white

@arrynwilliams2842

2 жыл бұрын

@@Igbobabexoxo she clearly looks black look at her color pictures, it has nothing to do with the one drop rule she looks black.

@glw5166

2 жыл бұрын

@@arrynwilliams2842 I agree that she looks like a light skinned black woman but it was easier to pass back in those days. Due to segregation, black people weren't mingling with whites in large numbers during this period so white people really weren't around blacks of any complexion as they are today. Plus being married to Johnny Cash made it easy for people to believe she was Italian. Most people, even today, can not imagine Cash being married to a woman of color. J. Edgar Hoover passed for white too during this same time period. All the rumors of him being black are true too. Look at pictures of J Edgar now and it's clear that he is a very light skinned black man - very similar to photos of Vivian. Now we have advanced DNA testing from living relatives that confirms what so many felt they had to hide due to America's racism.

@arrynwilliams2842

2 жыл бұрын

@@glw5166 u lien J Edgar Hoover was black 🤭

I was heart broken for vivian whenever cash left her for carter. thats so wrong and he left his kids too how sad I never liked him or carter much afterwards

@alohaXamanda

3 жыл бұрын

Wait you were alive and got to experience it happening in real time?

@connielore2735

3 жыл бұрын

@@alohaXamanda does she have to be alive in that time to feel sorry for her?🙄stupid question!smh

@cameronrobertson8438

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think he left his kids. They started to get along again a few years after the divorce.

@jerryshepherd1645

2 жыл бұрын

My dad hated Jonny Cash guys when a Jonny cash song came on the radio he turn it off He could not stand any thing about Jonny Cast

@thepamela050

2 жыл бұрын

@@jerryshepherd1645 It's CASH not Cast...Well your dad must hate lots of people cause lots of people get divorced..Hate is such a strong word for someone who did nothing to you personally..

Wow, she was extremely beautiful. I never knew this story. I learned something today .

She was more than just Italian.

Why TF did they use a white actress as the first wife ? Ugh

Truly wonderful to vindicate this woman who was portrayed so negatively in the movie. This is a shame and these two young men should be commended.

I wish they’d make a movie about her story

Vivian was a black woman passing for Italian. And I'm sure it was due to the time and era and Johnny and her probably felt best that she just say she's Italian, or something close to believable. Their daughter Roseanne and Johnny knew and said that she was black later in life. The interviewer Talking about she was always portrayed in pictures as much darker, duh. 😂 Because she was darker.

@cyng8198

3 жыл бұрын

Her parents were Sicilians. The four daughters are a blend of Cash and Vivian. Black coarse hair and pigment is dominant in most cases, but the girls show none of it and neither does she. Also, Sicily is in the southern region of Mediterranean influx. I personally know people who look white and are actually of black parents. What article did you read where it states she is black? Thanks.

@jackiedoright8313

3 жыл бұрын

@@cyng8198 ... I didn't read an article. I saw their daughter Roxanne who looks a lot like her mother, on a show about 20 or so years ago and they asked her about it. And in the South, it was a known secret that many knew of.

@cyng8198

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackiedoright8313 Thanks for responding! Do you remember what Roxanne said about it?

@jackiedoright8313

3 жыл бұрын

I was young and wasn't really paying a lot of attention, which is why I didn't say what she had stated in a previous message to you, but my aunt and her friend were watching it and they were talking about it. But everyone in the south knew and whispered about her being Black. Johnny Cash knew, they just kept it quiet because of where they were, in the south! Everyone knew it eventually which is probably why he left her for June Carter-- to save his career and to protect Vivian and keep the spotlight off of all of them.

@jackiedoright8313

3 жыл бұрын

@@rashad3596 ...Good job! 👍 I know my people when I see them. I don't care how much they try to hide. Vivian's features are a very strong representation of West African ancestry. And when people in the South whisper, there is usually truth to it. Trust. The south is full of secrets, ghosts, and unbelievable and Untold stories.😩😪 (Side note: I hate it when they refer to slaves as African-Americans! Just say African slaves or Africans. Because it wasn't nothing American about the way they were treated during that time and barely during this time!)

I am so happy you shared Vivian's story with us. Thank you.

I remember that country song, I want a love like Johnny and June. Back then, I really liked it because i didn't know the real story behind it and growing up my mon would talk about watching Johnny Cash making appearances on TV with June and their son Johnny Jr. And how the audience loved seeing little Johnny. But a few years back I saw Vivian's book at Walmart and bought it and read It and I was really surprised how different her story was compared to the ones I heard most my life. Now as an adult, watching I walk the Line makes me realize how messed up and toxic Johnny and June's relationship was. So for someone to sing, I want a love like Johnny and June. Is basically encouraging people that it's ok to stay in toxic relationships and Ok to cheat and condone abusive behavior.

@donnamoreno9750

10 ай бұрын

What's the name of the book? I want to buy it!

Having a bout of insomnia tonight and going down a KZread rabbit hole starting with a Roseanne Cash video from the 1980's. It seems that all of Jonny Cash's progeny are intelligent, caring, and articulate people. That's a legacy he left behind that's just as important as his music and lyrics.

@thearough

10 ай бұрын

That was their moms doing

Appreciate all the history told to all society!!!Amazing!!!

No one, and I mean no one, should have to be put through so much crap, because they have African ancestry. Johnny loved Vivian, and that is that! I’m so sick and tired of American Racism!

@lashawnmurden3047

3 жыл бұрын

Me too !

@martiwaterman1437

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely appalling aspect of America.

@gigirf3022

3 жыл бұрын

It’s very sad how society make us so focus on race.

@laurawilloughby4000

3 жыл бұрын

@@gigirf3022 This was the 1950s. It would never happen today.

@valuecalc

3 жыл бұрын

@@martiwaterman1437, believe me: it's all over the planet.

It's obvious Vivian had some African ancestry.

Her genetic composition made her the most beautiful person I've seen. Stunningly beautiful at every phase of her life!

Thank you for your story,l will read the book soon as I find it

She looks more African American than Italian. Anyone seen Passing?

@superamanda

2 жыл бұрын

I’m sure you’re the worlds foremost expert on being Sicilian Italian.... 😭😭😂😂

She was gorgeous! Reminds me of Sophia.

@truly3743

3 жыл бұрын

Yes she has that mysterious Italian or latino look about her!

@superamanda

3 жыл бұрын

She looks a lot like Sophia Loren and Gina LaLolo

@militzamadrid462

2 жыл бұрын

...i though similar.

@rachelm.3173

2 жыл бұрын

@@beautifulkindness5840 Biracial black?! I definitely see it.

PBS Finding Your Roots did a segment on Johnny Cash's daughter doing her DNA. It was fascinating.

@laurawilloughby4000

3 жыл бұрын

They determined Vivian did indeed have an African American ancestor. A 3x great grandmother.

@traceeteeter9875

3 жыл бұрын

@@laurawilloughby4000 Truth be told, most of the most racist white people do, not that they will admit it. A lot of self hatred is tied in with racism.

@laurawilloughby4000

3 жыл бұрын

@@traceeteeter9875 True.

@laurawilloughby4000

3 жыл бұрын

@@traceeteeter9875 When I was young and naive, I thought we should all "mingle" with each other, and.we would all be a beautiful shade of deep beige with wavy hair and green eyes

@valuecalc

3 жыл бұрын

@@traceeteeter9875 , no. You're throwing that in to cause trouble.

She was passing & she may not of known it many families did this Inc!using mine

@valuecalc

3 жыл бұрын

mo, denying African ancestry is so common.

@superamanda

3 жыл бұрын

There’s absolutely no way she was passing. Not in 1 million years. There was a biracial great great grandmother 75 years before she was born and then everybody on that one ancestral line married white. Her mother was a white woman and so was her Nonnas.

@momolovestar4207

3 жыл бұрын

@@superamanda are you related to them you seem to know a lot

@superamanda

3 жыл бұрын

@@momolovestar4207 Hello, no I’m not related! I have a very similar narrative though and I’ve been following this for a few years. It’s just an interesting part of American history.

@momolovestar4207

3 жыл бұрын

@@superamandavery interesting I thought it was just my family but it is many families ,mine is from New Orleans, Racism is a sickness that hurts many people, I really don't feel White or Black but i know I am not white if that makes sense

Sometimes when Black people passed themselves as white they would say they were Italian. She has clear African Ancestry.

So interesting. I did not know about this part of the Cash story.

@BixbyLBC

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder why.....😏🤔

@princessglittersparkle4146

4 жыл бұрын

@@BixbyLBC I was raised listening to old school country music. I always thought June Carter Cash was his only wife. Did not know his children were from a previous marriage.

@valuecalc

4 жыл бұрын

BixbyLBC , we know why.

Hey, I’m Italian. I was born in America. I had my DNA done. I have Greek, Turkish, other Middle Eastern and North African DNA. You couldn’t marry your sister or cousin so men traveled (fishermen for example), and while working looked for wives. On the other side of the mediterranean from the bottom of Italy, and in this woman’s case Sicily, is north Africa! Therefore you can see how you could have a grandmother of African descent. It’s not that big a deal. Unfortunately this woman was so exotic looking that Southerners started rumors and really drove her into the ground. That is a whole other, horrible, subject. She was mostly Sicilian! Love to all!

@peachesb-georgia1125

2 жыл бұрын

Don... her great great grandma was black... mostly Sicilian...ok...how...

Finally. I always wanted to know the story about Vivien.

June was an addict as well and gave Johnny drugs, so I don’t know why they’re making her some hero

He wasn’t loyal to Vivian but who knows if he was loyal to June when men are away they sometimes tend to play it happens to famous and not famous Just saying

@CariMachet

2 жыл бұрын

But women are perfect and never have affairs? Outrageous stop making myths about women it’s incredibly unhealthy

@mrsTraveller64

2 жыл бұрын

@@CariMachet thats another subject, June might very well have had affairs but I wish Johnny had so that June got to taste her own medicine! I really really wish he had many affairs while beeing married to June!

@thepamela050

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrsTraveller64 wow wishing that on someone you don't even know..Just so you know Johnny did cheat on June with her own sister..So I hope that makes your day..

I never knew this lol . Always thought June, June, June. WOW

Wow. Yes. There was a love story with vivian too. He wrote her letters with so much love, just as he did june later. Mad respect for this single mom who loved her husband even after. How hard it must've been to have been tossed aside and see his love affair in her face all over the world. I too, was married to a musician and ended in divorce and a single mom. Glad her story is out there.

They wrote each other while he was stationed in Europe for the Air Force. When he got back, they waited, I think, 1 month and got married. When June saw Johnny, she told Vivian, I WILL GET HIM! June was a homewrecker! There is an excellent book out all about Vivian and her life with Johnny. I HIGHLY recommend it. I love to read. And don't keep too many books but I kept this one.

@rosiebottom3870

2 жыл бұрын

I read Viviens book and it was heartbreaking. Her and Johnny were so in love.

What is up with this interviewer?! "She wasn't black; she was Italian" as if you can't be both and as if there's something wrong with being black! For shame, Reena!

@joybrooks564

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, she looks interracial to me

@MzYumYum69

2 жыл бұрын

The interviewer is mixed and trying to hide it. There's still a lot of shame amongst mixed people. They think they can escape racism by claiming to be something else, something foreign but NO, anglo white people know who is their kind and who isn't. Look how long it took Keanu Reeves to embrace his Asian heritage and when he did many white fans were upset even though you can clearly see he's mixed.

@joybrooks564

2 жыл бұрын

@@MzYumYum69 oh, I thought the interviewer was IndoAsian. They also claim to be white

@superamanda

2 жыл бұрын

@@joybrooks564 Wow you are full of BS

@superamanda

2 жыл бұрын

What’s up is it Vivian cash was Sicilian Italian and the one black person on the tree was over 200 years ago. Get a life and get over it

What a beautiful story and a brave beautiful woman!! ❤️

It’s amazing, Matt even sounds like his grandfather Johnny Cash when he speaks.

Since I was a kid I’ve always been a fan of Johnny Cash music. My grandpa was from Texas and a huge country music fan. Jonny Cash was a favorite of his. It’s unfortunate the interviewer NEGLECTED to mention that Vivian was also part Black. But made the interviewer was sure to state a misnomer, that she was just Italian. 😞 At this point none of it matters but to the Cash family…. However, when a report is made with all of the resources available to get the facts right; especially with this movie coming out, “is to get the facts right…” It’s difficult not to see this as intentional misleading information.

@katalinabrigitte3395

Жыл бұрын

She was Sicilian....they are very dark...like Sophia Loren and Annette Funicello.

@snoweysnow9297

Жыл бұрын

She has african American blood in her, and we as black people see tat quite clearly. Why white people so bother.

@missylearned9821

11 ай бұрын

The DNA test Roseanne Cash did was a year after this and it revealed that Vivian was basically 1/32 or 3% black. She looked the way she did because she was 50% Sicilian and when you look at pictures of Vivian’s parents they both look white/European. Vivian simply was born a truly stunning and unique beauty. Much like many supermodels today who don’t look exactly like their parents for one reason or another. Don’t see the big deal.

@mereanawi6194

11 ай бұрын

She wasn't culturally or largely ethnically black. Having a distant black ancestor you never knew aint quite the same thing

Vivian was a very gorgeous woman as well as his second wife, im sure he loved them both in different ways

It beautiful everyone had their own relationships with each other with dignity explained so well

My Heart ❤️ goes out to Vivian