TypeError: Cannot access offset of type string on string in core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/area/Text.php)

Problem/Motivation

Getting errors when viewing Recent Log Messages.

TypeError: Cannot access offset of type string on string in Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\Text->preQuery() (line 51 of core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/area/Text.php).

And one when deleting the messages
TypeError: Cannot access offset of type string on string in Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\Text->render() (line 67 of core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/area/Text.php).

Steps to reproduce

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