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The Untold Story of Vivian Liberto and Johnny Cash

Vivian Liberto was Johnny Cash's first wife before he famously left her for June Carter. She has always believed that two things had played the main role in taking her apart from Jonny Cash, drugs and Carter. Everyone knows who is Carter. She is admired as a true love of Johnny Cash’s life but she was not his first choice! Vivian believed that June Carter was responsible for destroying her married life with Johnny.

Many people do not know who Vivian Liberto is. She did not even care who knows her and who doesn’t. She took care of Cash’s four daughters, Kathy, Rosanne, Cindy, and Tara. She has revealed everything that led to divorce.

What happened between Cash and Liberto?

It might sound like a movie’s script, but they were married just three years after exchanging letters. Johnny used to be military personnel during those days and he was serving in Germany. They had four daughters and everything was going pretty well.
Things started changing in 1966. Liberto decided to break her 12-year long marriage with Johnny and then she filed a divorce. She never got public’s attention after her divorce and she raised all four daughters alone. Johnny did not stop there and continued to chase his dreams. He became a country music icon and that’s how the world knows him.

Johnny died in 2003 and Liberto two years after her ex-husband. Nobody knew about their love story and people would never know about it if Vivian did not co-author a book. It was “I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny.

This book was written to tell Vivian’s side of the story. This book was not released when she was alive. This book got people’s attention after Liberto’s death. She has revealed everything from good memories to bad memories of her marriage with the country music star.

Key things Vivian revealed in her book:

People did not know about Johnny’s love life during the early days. This relationship got people’s attention at the time of divorce. She revealed that Carter and Drugs were two things that ruined her marriage.

She revealed that June was mainly responsible for her divorce. Johnny was struggling because of his bad habits and he had also accidentally set a forest fire. He used to be on the road and June was always with him.

Vivian revealed that the director did not portray June and Johnny’s characters in “Walk the Line” movie perfectly. June was mainly responsible for pushing Johnny. She has also mentioned that June was constantly trying to destroy her family. She was encouraging Johnny to do drugs and become an addicted person. She also used to be addicted at that time.

Vivian revealed many things that Johnny’s fans could not believe. However, her intentions were never hostile towards June. She has only stated that her relationship with Johnny could have survived if June wasn’t around Johnny all the time.
Johnny and Vivian were met in Texas and they had decided to get married within only three weeks. Vivian loved Johnny only because she liked her and not because of his talent.