he only poses with them to piss off his haters that call him gay
behind the scenes he's the opposite of what you see in that pic
that's right folks, he's actually the same ilk as tim cook from apple, and he likes 'em old
The original cut of the movie featured a fabulously flamboyant and aggressively queer gender bending character named Lord Dragula voiced by Ru Paul who was going to sodomize Elio then adopt him into a mind blowing intergalactic queer lifestyle; but the focus group Chuds didn't like it so now Elio ends up going back to his dull house frau mother at the end of the film.