Personal Life
Mercer was born in St. John's, Newfoundland. His mother is a nurse, and his father is an executive in the fisheries ministry. He dropped out of Prince of Wales High School in St. John's before completing his diploma requirements. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets when he was in his teen years.
Mercer's partner since 1990 is television producer Gerald Lunz. Although the romantic relationship came first, Lunz is also Mercer's long-time partner in business, who discovered him, fostered his career, and is currently the executive producer of The Rick Mercer Report. He regards his personal life as private, and says little about it in public beyond acknowledging that he is gay; in a 2011 interview on CBC Radio One's The Current, he clarified that he doesn't specifically mention his sexuality on Rick Mercer Report because it's just "not what the show is about".
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