How to pronounce “monette” in English

I mean, you look at Elizabeth Taylor and how she dealt with Rock Hudson and how she would go to Congress and talk to them about getting money and funding, and there was Larry Kramer,and my friend Paul Monette who wrote the book 'Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir' and 'Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story', and you’re watching a community become a force, banding togetherto operate at a level of community and commitment to each other when there was no help forthcoming