- No relation to Dutch TV presenter and historian Margreet Beetsma, despite a popular misconception.
- To pay tuition for art school Tony was a part time gardener at Rutger Hauer's estate in Beetsterzwaag, Friesland, The Netherlands (1995).
- Star Wars creator George Lucas mistook Beetsma for his personal driver on the set of Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
- The late award winning actress Diane Gaidry and Tony both worked on Loving Annabelle (2006) but was eventually not hired as a photographer. They kept in touch through social media until her death. (2019).
- An orphan since his birth, Tony was adopted into a caring Frisian family in the Netherlands. (1976). His father was a successful merchant, his mother a scion of the German von Holtrop peerage. Her father was an acquaintance to Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands until his death in 1975.
- Tony met former Disney CEO Robert A. Iger in Burbank California during a guided tour at Disney HQ. (2020).
- Canadian comic artist, animator and independent publisher Brenda Hickey are family. She is Tony's grandniece.
- Beetsma dated model Gisele Bündchen for a short period. They still are friends. (2006).
- Tony became acquainted to Whitney Houston and was present at her funeral service in New Jersey. (2012).
- Tony and his partner were invited to the funeral service of Prince Philip on the 17th of April 2021. He had to decline due to the fact that he could not get a Covid-19 test on time in the Netherlands and in Great Britain.
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