Bug report

Binding an MVVM DropDownList to a property that is null results in an error on the console.

Reproduction of the problem

1. Open this example - https://dojo.telerik.com/@martin.tabakov@progress.com/eNUMeLix

Current behavior

An error is thrown

Expected/desired behavior

No errors should be thrown

Environment

• Kendo UI version: 2023.1.117
• Browser: [all]