diff --git a/news/2 Fixes/10075.md b/news/2 Fixes/10075.md
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix data viewer not opening on certain data frames.
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diff --git a/src/client/datascience/jupyter/jupyterVariables.ts b/src/client/datascience/jupyter/jupyterVariables.ts
index 057e88c83bbc..ce3b925e8747 100644
--- a/src/client/datascience/jupyter/jupyterVariables.ts
+++ b/src/client/datascience/jupyter/jupyterVariables.ts
@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@ export class JupyterVariables implements IJupyterVariables {
             return defaultValue;
         }
 
-        // Prep our targetVariable to send over
-        const variableString = JSON.stringify(targetVariable).replace(/\\n/g, '\\\\n');
+        // Prep our targetVariable to send over. Remove the 'value' as it's not necessary for getting df info and can have invalid data in it
+        const pruned = { ...targetVariable, value: '' };
+        const variableString = JSON.stringify(pruned);
 
         // Setup a regex
         const regexPattern =