Mercy Diaz

Mercy Diaz is the daughter of Joey Diaz. Her real name is Mercy Sofia Diaz. She has a half-sibling too. 

Her dad’s real name is Jose Antonio Diaz. Professionally, Jose serves as a Cuban American stand-up comedian, podcaster, and actor.

To know everything about her sibling

As mentioned earlier, she isn’t the only kid of her parents. Well, her father has another daughter whose information is still not known. 

Mercy’s half-sister is from her dad’s first marriage. However, Joey also lost connection with that daughter after he split up with his first spouse. 

Joey released a statement that he got inspired after the breakdown relationship with his kid, which let him to forge his career in the comedy field. 

Did Mercy’s father suffer from Addiction?

Everybody knows that her father went through a phase of drug addiction. 

He experienced a life-changing experience after one of his pets died after having cocaine. Well, the artist beat the addiction in the year 2007. 

He wasn’t married to Mercy’s mother at that time. 

Maybe Mercy’s mom is one of the reasons for his recovery and helped Joey to remain sober throughout these years.

Everything to know about Mercy’s parents

Talking about her mom first, Mercy’s mom is a native of Nashville, Tennessee. Her name is Terrie, but her real name is Catherine Terrie Diaz. 

The lady left the college in the year 1990s. 

After that, she began working as a financial analyst in a law firm in day time but also invested her time working in a club at night. 

Well, Terrie served herself in two jobs before moving toward Los Angeles for looking of greener pastures. 

Moving towards her dad, he originally belonged to Cuba but was later raised in North Bergen, New Jersey. 

However, he began his career in standup comedy in the year 1991.

Joey has portrayed numerous roles in TV series such as ‘My name is Earl’ and the movies like ‘The Longest Yard and Taxi.’ 

In 2012, the artist started the podcast, also The Church of What’s happening now, and is counted as a regular guest on The Joe Rogan Experience and later produced an autobiographical documentary. 

Joey Diaz lost his father at a young age

Most people recognized Joey as Coco. Well, Joey’s life has not been so easy since he was little. He was only three when his dad passed away. 

Not only this, but he also lost his mom at a young age. After 13 years of his dad's demise, his mother left the world. 

At such an early age, Joey was without a family, so he was later raised in foster care by four different families. 

Other than that, young Joey also made some poor choices. Joey got arrested for aggravated robbery and kidnapping, which led him to suffer in jail. 

Due to his engagement in the criminal case, Joey also quit college. He went to the University of Colorado situated in Boulder. 

Joey realized that he found the academic part boring. So, he involved himself in roofing sales work but disliked it. 

Apart from all this, Joey is also a martial artist. Joey is extremely proud of himself for being committed to being a Brazilian jiu-jitsu artist. 

He also has accomplished a blue belt in that art. 

Net worth

Since Mercy's financial information is not given, we will rely on her father’s income. 

Her dad is a famous artist with an estimated net worth of $1.5 million. 

Age

1. Born on January 8, 2013, Mercy Diaz is ten years old.

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